Vocational assessment of secondary students with disabilities and the school psychologist

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 508-522

  Fives, Christopher J ^a  

^a Levittown Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 47249137381     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20320     Document Type: Article

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