The stability of social relations among adolescents with special educational needs (SEN) in regular schools in Norway

London Review of Education

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 83-94

  Frostad, Per ^a   Mjaavatn, Per Egil ^a   Pijl, Sip Jan ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Friendship; Regular schools; Stability; Students with special needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952515723     PISSN: 14748460     EISSN: 14748479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14748460.2011.550438     Document Type: Article

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