Issues in Education: Freedom from Social Isolation for Young Students with Disabilities

Childhood Education

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 316-320

  Rodriguez, Diane ^a   Smith Canter, Lora Lee ^a   Voytecki, Karen S ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957573568     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2007.10522941     Document Type: Article

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