Children's rights and special educational needs: Findings from research conducted for the Northern Ireland Commissioner for children and young people

Support for Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 57-63

  Lundy, Laura ^a   Kilpatrick, Rosemary ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Mainstream; Participation; Provision; Special

Indexed keywords

EID: 60949110098     PISSN: 02682141     EISSN: 14679604     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9604.2006.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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