Truants on truancy - A badness or a valuable indicator of unmet special educational needs

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 91-97

  Southwell, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Policy; Pupil perspectives; Special educational needs; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745291929     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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