Teaching elementary students with multiple disabilities to participate in shared stories

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 3-12

  Browder, Diane M ^a   Mims, Pamela J ^a   Spooner, Fred ^a   Ahlgrim Delzell, Lynn ^a   Lee, Angel ^a  

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

Author keywords

Early literacy; Multiple disabilities; Shared stories; Systematic instruction; Universal design for learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 73549105194     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2511/rpsd.33.1-2.3     Document Type: Article

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