Response to intervention: Preventing and remediating academic difficulties

Child Development Perspectives

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 30-37

  Fletcher, Jack M ^a   Vaughn, Sharon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

IDEA; Learning disabilities; Reading; Response to intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 63349098045     PISSN: 17508592     EISSN: 17508606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-8606.2008.00072.x     Document Type: Article

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