Vocational and Transition Services Needed and Received by Students with Disabilities During Their Last Year of High School

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1993, Pages 197-211

  Benz, Michael R ^a   Halpern, Andrew S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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EID: 84973743784     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: 15575047     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088572889301600208     Document Type: Article

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