Ecobehavioral Assessment of Instructional Contexts in Bilingual Special Education Programs for English Language Learners at Risk for Developmental Disabilities

Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 28-40

  Arreaga Mayer, Carmen ^a   Utley, Cheryl A ^b   Perdomo Rivera, Claudia ^a   Greenwood, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34248708059     PISSN: 10883576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/108835760301800105     Document Type: Article

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