Availability of and access to career development activities for transition-age youth with disabilities

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 13-24

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Trainor, Audrey A ^a   Cakiroglu, Orhan ^a   Swedeen, Beth ^a   Owens, Laura A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Employment; High school; School to work; Transition assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950525176     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728809344332     Document Type: Article

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