Investigating parent and professional perspectives concerning special education services for preschool Latino children

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 93-102

  Hardin, Belinda J ^a   Mereoiu, Mariana ^a   Hung, Hsuan Fang ^a   Roach Scott, Marisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood special education; English Language Learners; Family participation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350020291     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-009-0336-x     Document Type: Article

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