Summer employment and community experiences of transition-age youth with severe disabilities

Exceptional Children

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-212

  Carter, Erik W ^a   Ditchman, Nicole ^a   Sun, Ye ^b   Trainor, Audrey A ^a   Swedeen, Beth ^a   Owens, Laura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

career development; High School; intellectual disabilities; school to work; self determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954499779     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291007600204     Document Type: Article

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