Students with Self-identified Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (si-SEND): Flourishing or Languishing!

International Journal of Disability, Development and Education

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 7-26

  Skrzypiec, Grace ^a   Askell Williams, Helen ^a   Slee, Phillip ^a   Rudzinski, Adrian ^a  

^a School of Education   (Australia)

Author keywords

bullying; disability; flourishing; languishing; mental health difficulties; SDQ; si SEND; special education; wellbeing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958768435     PISSN: 1034912X     EISSN: 1465346X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1034912X.2015.1111301     Document Type: Article

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