Individual education plans in the republic of ireland: An emerging system

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 110-116

  Rose, Richard ^a   Shevlin, Michael ^a   Winter, Eileen ^a   O'Raw, Paul ^a   Zhao, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Individual Education Plans; National study; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866492662     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2012.00548.x     Document Type: Article

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