Job performance of transition-age youth with emotional and behavioral disorders

Exceptional Children

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-465

  Carter, Erik W ^a,b   Wehby, Joseph H ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 7444227037     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440290306900404     Document Type: Article

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