Learning disability documentation decision making at the postsecondary level

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 68-79

  Madaus, Joseph W ^a   Banerjee, Manju ^a   Hamblet, Elizabeth C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b LD Advisory   (United States)

Author keywords

Documentation review; LD documentation; Postsecondary LD accommodations; Postsecondary transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954589657     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728810368057     Document Type: Article

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