Portugal's special education law: Implementing the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health in policy and practice

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 868-873

  Sanches Ferreira, Manuela ^a   Simeonsson, Rune J ^b   Silveira Maia, Mónica ^a   Alves, Sílvia ^a   Tavares, Ana ^a   Pinheiro, Sara ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Children with disabilities; Functioning; ICF; Legislation; Profile; Special education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EDUCATION; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LEGAL ASPECT; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PORTUGAL; STUDENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; POLICY; PORTUGAL; STUDENTS;

EID: 84876545959     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2012.708816     Document Type: Article

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