When Social Workers Meet Special Education Teachers: Action Research to Implement Curricular Changes in Taiwanese Special Education Systems

Systemic Practice and Action Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-280

  Chang, Yao Jen ^a   Wang, Frank Tsen Yung ^b   Chen, Shu Fang ^c   Lee, Ming Yang ^d   Kang, Ya Shu ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Center for Occupational Therapy   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Action research; Intellectual disabilities; Outreach programs; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861526074     PISSN: 1094429X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11213-011-9222-8     Document Type: Article

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