A Description of the Instructional and Social Interactions of Students with Mental Retardation in Regular Physical Education Settings

Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-242

  Ellis, David N ^a   Wright, Margaret ^a   Cronis, Terry G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

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