Academic instruction for students with severe disabilities

Focus on Exceptional Children

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Knight, Victoria ^a   Browder, Diane ^b   Agnello, Barbara ^b   Lee, Angela ^c  

^a Project MASTERY   (United States)

^b Department of Special Education ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

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EID: 84940363621     PISSN: 0015511X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17161/foec.v42i7.6905     Document Type: Review

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