The friendships and peer relationships of children and young people who experience difficulties in learning

The SAGE Handbook of Special Education

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 460-474

  Male, Dawn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781848607989.n36     Document Type: Chapter

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