What do special educational needs coordinators think they do?

Support for Learning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 61-68

  Cowne, Elizabeth ^a  

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Author keywords

Change; Role; Special educational needs coordinator (SENCO); Staff development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247258618     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0268-2141.2005.00363.x     Document Type: Article

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