A multistate survey of special education teachers' perceptions of their transition competencies

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-16

  Benitez, Debra T ^a   Morningstar, Mary E ^b   Frey, Bruce B ^b  

^a WestEd   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Survey; Teacher perceptions; Transition; Transition competencies

Indexed keywords

EID: 65249175073     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728808323945     Document Type: Article

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