Examining individual and ecological predictors of the self-determination of students with disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 488-509

  Shogren, Karrie A ^a   Wehmeyer, Michael L ^b   Palmer, Susan B ^b   Soukup, Jane Heuen ^b,c   Little, Todd D ^b   Garner, Nancy ^b,c   Lawrence, Margaret ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 34547290949     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290707300406     Document Type: Article

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