Relations between classroom context, physical disability and preschool children's inclusion decisions

Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 75-81

  Diamond, Karen ^a   Tu, Huifang ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Justifications relations between classroom context; Physical disability; Physical disability and preschool children's inclusion decisions; Play context; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849174103     PISSN: 01933973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appdev.2008.10.008     Document Type: Article

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