Literacy in early intervention for children with visual impairments: Insights from individual cases

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 80-95

  Erickson, Karen A ^a   Hatton, Deborah ^b   Roy, Vicky ^a   Fox, Danalee ^b   Renne, Diane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33847774494     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x0710100203     Document Type: Article

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