Mentoring Transition-Age Youth With Blindness

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 170-179

  Bell, Edward C ^a  

^a LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attitudes; career decision making; hope; mentoring; self identity; youth with blindness; youth with visual impairments

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866716772     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466910374211     Document Type: Article

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