Head Start Instructional Professionals’ Inclusion Perceptions and Practices

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-48

  Muccio, Leah S ^a   Kidd, Julie K ^b   White, C Stephen ^b   Burns, M Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

descriptive studies; Head Start; inclusion; personnel; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898878813     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121413502398     Document Type: Article

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