Substantiated best practices in transition: Fifteen plus years later

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 165-176

  Landmark, Leena Jo ^a   Ju, Song ^a   Zhang, Dalun ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

disabilities; high school education; IEP development; planning; postschool outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649420540     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0885728810376410     Document Type: Article

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