The deployment, training and teacher relationships of teaching assistants supporting pupils with autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) in mainstream secondary schools

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Symes, Wendy ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autism spectrum disorders; Inclusion; Mainstream education; Teaching assistants

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959569292     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2011.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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