Twice-Exceptionality: Implications for School Psychologists in the Post-IDEA 2004 Era

Journal of Applied School Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 380-402

  Assouline, Susan G ^a   Whiteman, Claire S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder; autism; gifted; KEYWORDS; learning disability; twice exceptional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859342647     PISSN: 15377903     EISSN: 15377911     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15377903.2011.616576     Document Type: Article

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