Guidelines for selecting alternatives to overreliance on paraprofessionals: Field-testing in inclusion-oriented schools

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-38

  Giangreco, Michael F ^a   Broer, Stephen M ^b   Suter, Jesse C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b Northwestern Counseling and Support Services   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusive education; paraprofessionals; service delivery; systems change

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650774190     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932509355951     Document Type: Article

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