An empirical examination of toddler development in inclusive childcare

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 321-333

  Stahmer, Aubyn C ^a   Carter, Cynthia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Standardized assessment; Toddler development

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548252212     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443042000266231     Document Type: Article

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