Legal and ethical issues of inclusion

Special Services in the Schools

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 125-143

  Little, Steven G ^a   Angeleque Akin Little, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical decision making; IDEA; Inclusion; Least restrictive environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846655664     PISSN: 07399820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v15n01_07     Document Type: Article

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