Early childhood intervention in Turkey: Current situation, challenges and suggestions

International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 2, Issue SPPL. ISS., 2010, Pages 149-160

  Er Sabuncuoglu, Melek ^a   Diken, Ibrahim H ^b  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANADOLU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Early intervention; Policy; Practice; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860696026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13085581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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