Interagency collaboration: The importance of rehabilitation professionals' involvement in transition

Journal of Rehabilitation

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 36-44

  Oertle, Kathleen Marie ^a   Trach, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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