A Never Ending Journey: Inclusive Education Is a Principle of Practice, Not an End Game

Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 211-226

  Kozleski, Elizabeth B ^a   Yu, Ting ^a   Satter, Allyson L ^a   Francis, Grace L ^b   Haines, Shana J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Capacity building; Families; Inclusive education; Principals; Qualitative research; Special education; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960503567     PISSN: 15407969     EISSN: 21692408     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1540796915600717     Document Type: Article

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