Special education practices in China and the United States: What is to come next?

International Journal of Special Education

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 132-142

  Worrell, Jamie L ^a   Taber, Mary ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77949522027     PISSN: 08273383     EISSN: 08273383     Source Type: Journal    
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