States' eligibility guidelines for mental Retardation: An update and consideration of part scores and unreliability of IQs

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 123-131

  Bergeron, Renee ^a   Floyd, Randy G ^a,b   Shands, Elizabeth I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^b University of Memphis   (United States)

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