How special education preschool graduates finish: Status at 19 years of age

American Educational Research Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 737-781

  Jenkins, Joseph R ^a   Dale, Philip S ^b   Mills, Paulette E ^c   Cole, Kevin N ^d   Pious, Constance ^a   Ronk, Joan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Washington Research Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Early intervention; Early intervention long term effects; Long term follow up; Special education follow up; Special education graduates

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845794907     PISSN: 00028312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/00028312043004737     Document Type: Article

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