Specific patterns of cognitive abilities in young children with mild mental retardation

Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 270-278

  Fletcher, Kathryn L ^a   Scott, Marcia S ^b   Blair, Clancy ^c   Bolger, Kerry E ^d  

^a BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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