Integration of Students with Severe and Profound Intellectual Disabilities into the Comprehensive School System: Teachers' perceptions of the education reform in Finland

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 169-180

  Jahnukainen, Markku ^a   Korhonen, Anu ^b  

^a HÄME UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

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EID: 0344629387     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912032000089666     Document Type: Article

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