The effects of a school-based program on the reported self-advocacy knowledge of students with learning disabilities

Alberta Journal of Educational Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-203

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Muskat, Barbara ^b   Farnia, Fataneh ^a   Wiener, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

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