Collaboration between general and special educators and student outcomes: A need for more research

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 483-497

  van Garderen, Delinda ^a   Stormont, Melissa ^a   Goel, Nidhi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

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EID: 84859602522     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.21610     Document Type: Article

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