A measure of emergent literacy for students with severe developmental disabilities

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 501-513

  Baker, Joshua N ^a   Spooner, Fred ^a   Ahlgrim Delzell, Lynn ^a   Flowers, Claudia ^a   Browder, Diane M ^a  

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

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EID: 77955636817     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20486     Document Type: Article

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