On the diagnosis of learning disabilities in gifted students: Reply to Assouline et al.(2010)

Gifted Child Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-151

  Lovett, Benjamin J ^a,b  

^a ELMIRA COLLEGE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

assessment; dual exceptionality; identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952844554     PISSN: 00169862     EISSN: 19349041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0016986210396435     Document Type: Review

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