Research and Policy on Disability: Linking Special Education to Developmental Science

Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 138-145

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Gatzke Kopp, Lisa M ^b   Lee, David L ^b   Dawes, Molly ^a   Talbott, Elizabeth ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

adaptation; developmental science; policy; special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 84981274290     PISSN: 23727322     EISSN: 23727330     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2372732215624217     Document Type: Article

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