Improving the Transition Outcomes of Low-Income Minority Youth with Disabilities

Exceptionality

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 114-132

  Balcazar, Fabricio E ^a   Taylor Ritzler, Tina ^b   Dimpfl, Shawn ^a   Portillo Peña, Nelson ^c   Guzman, Alberto ^d   Schiff, Rachel ^e   Murvay, Michele ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Universidad Don Bosco   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^e CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Bridges from School to Work Marriot Foundation   (United States)

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EID: 84860312715     PISSN: 09362835     EISSN: 15327035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09362835.2012.670599     Document Type: Article

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