Enhancing practice through application of Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory and research: A "third method" approach to specific learning disability identification

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 47, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 739-760

  Flanagan, Dawn P ^a   Fiorello, Catherine A ^b   Ortiz, Samuel O ^a  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78650459519     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20501     Document Type: Article

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