Functional life skills curricular interventions for youth with disabilities: A systematic review

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-93

  Alwell, Morgen ^a   Cobb, Brian ^b  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Life skills instruction; Meta analysis; Secondary education; Transition; Youth with disabilities

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149119327     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728809336656     Document Type: Review

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