Program Quality and Early Childhood Inclusion: Recommendations for Professional Development

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-128

  Buysse, Virginia ^a   Hollingsworth, Heidi L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

early education programs; inclusion; personnel preparation; program evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449408100     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121409332233     Document Type: Article

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