Social acceptance and the choosing of favourite classmates: A comparison between students with special educational needs and typically developing students in a context of full inclusion

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 319-337

  Nepi, L D ^b   Fioravanti, J ^b   Nannini, P ^b   Peru, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Inclusion; Social position; Special educational needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84942198913     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8578.12096     Document Type: Article

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