Preparing personnel with expertise in severe disabilities in the electronic age: Innovative programs and technologies

Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 92-103

  Spooner, Fred ^a   Agran, Martin ^b   Spooner, Melba ^a   Kiefer O'Donnell, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance education; Project UPLIFT; Teacher shortages; Telecommunications; UNC Charlotte project

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748884902     PISSN: 07491425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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