A Strategy to Increase the Social Interactions of 3-Year-Old Children With Disabilities in an Inclusive Classroom

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 4-14

  Stanton Chapman, Tina L ^a   Brown, Tiara S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental delay; disability populations; intervention strategies; peer interactions; peer mediated; play; social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930395316     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121414554210     Document Type: Article

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