Identification disputes for students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: An analysis of the case law

School Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-422

  Martin Easton, Stacy D ^a   Zirkel, Perry A ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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