Early Interventionists' Reports of Authentic Assessment Methods Through Focus Group Research

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 244-256

  Keilty, Bonnie ^a   Larocco, Diana J ^b   Casell, Faye Bankler ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD   (United States)

^c Cooke Center for Learning and Development ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; early intervention; infants; toddlers

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149149828     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121408327477     Document Type: Article

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