Israeli elementary school students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards mainstreaming children with disabilities

Special Services in the Schools

Volumn 13, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 33-46

  Reiter, Shunit ^a   Schanin, Michal ^a   Tirosh, Emanual ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 4043083037     PISSN: 07399820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v13n01_02     Document Type: Article

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