How individualised are the Individualised Education Programmes (IEPs): an analysis of the contents and quality of the IEPs goals

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 507-520

  Sanches Ferreira, Manuela ^a   Lopes dos Santos, Pedro ^b   Alves, Sílvia ^a   Santos, Miguel ^a   Silveira Maia, Mónica ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

ICF; IEP goals; Individualised Education Programme; R GORI; students with additional support needs

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALISED EDUCATION PROGRAM; LEARNING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIAL EDUCATION; STUDENT;

EID: 84887124745     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: 1469591X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08856257.2013.830435     Document Type: Article

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