Accommodation of Instructional and Testing Situations

Evidence-Based Interventions for Students with Learning and Behavioral Challenges

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 302-318

  Gregg, Noel ^a   Lindstrom, Jennifer H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 77956523898     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203938546-23     Document Type: Chapter

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