A Case Study of a Highly Effective, Inclusive Elementary School

Journal of Special Education

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 59-70

  McLeskey, James ^a   Waldron, Nancy L ^a   Redd, Lacy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Newberry Elementary School   (United States)

Author keywords

accountability; case study; inclusion; program effectiveness; qualitative research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898914227     PISSN: 00224669     EISSN: 15384764     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022466912440455     Document Type: Article

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