Adequacy of the Regular Early Education Classroom Environment for Students With Visual Impairment

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 223-232

  Brown, Cherylee M ^a   Packer, Tanya L ^b   Passmore, Anne ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australian early education; early childhood; teacher student interactions; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871211806     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466910397374     Document Type: Article

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