Early childhood teachers' ideas about including children with disabilities in programmes designed for typically developing children

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 169-182

  Huang, Hsin Hui ^a   Diamond, Karen E ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Diagnostic labels; Early childhood teachers; Inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 67651232829     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10349120902868632     Document Type: Article

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