Future aspirations of students with severe learning disabilities and of their parents on leaving special schooling

British Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 54-59

  Smyth, Marisa ^a   McConkey, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Futures planning; Learning difficulties disabilities; Special schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 37249083882     PISSN: 13544187     EISSN: 14683156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-3156.2003.00207.x     Document Type: Article

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