Measuring the Quality of Inclusive Practices: Findings From the Inclusive Classroom Profile Pilot

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 223-240

  Soukakou, Elena P ^a   Winton, Pam J ^b   West, Tracey A ^b   Sideris, John H ^b   Rucker, Lia M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c North Carolina Rated License Assessment Project   (United States)

Author keywords

inclusion; instruction; measure development; preschoolers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924861761     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: 21543992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815115569732     Document Type: Article

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