High-quality school-based pre-k can boost early learning for children with special needs

Exceptional Children

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 471-490

  Phillips, Deborah A ^a   Meloy, Mary E ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84863640660     PISSN: 00144029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001440291207800405     Document Type: Article

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