Preparing for Contact Between Mainstream Pupils and their Counterparts Who Have Severe and Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 93-99

  Shevlin, Michael ^a  

^a Trinity College   (United States)

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EID: 71749104351     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8527.00290     Document Type: Article

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