Employer Perspectives on Hiring and Accommodating Youth in Transition

Journal of Special Education Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 65-72

  Luecking, Richard G ^a  

^a TransCen Inc   (United States)

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EID: 52049088185     PISSN: 01626434     EISSN: 23813121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/016264340301800406     Document Type: Article

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