Social relationships of pupils with special educational needs in the mainstream primary class: Peer group membership and peer-assessed social behaviour

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 413-429

  Avramidis, Elias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inclusion; Peer groups; Peer assessed social behaviour; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; FRIENDSHIP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PEER GROUP; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 78649352920     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2010.513550     Document Type: Article

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