Including Children with Disabilities in Early Childhood Education Programs: Individualizing Developmentally Appropriate Practices

Childhood Education

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 92-98

  Filler, John ^a   Xu, Yaoying ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

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EID: 35448965362     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2007.10522887     Document Type: Article

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