Differences between high school students who do and do not volunteer to participate in a peer interaction program

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 229-239

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Hughes, Carolyn ^a   Copeland, Susan R ^b   Breen, Catherine ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara County Education Office   (United States)

Author keywords

High school; Peer support; Social interaction; Students with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748831299     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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