Responses of school psychologists and special education teachers to administrative pressures to practice unethically: A national survey

Special Services in the Schools

Volumn 16, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 111-134

  Helton, George B ^a   Ray, Barbara A ^a   Biderman, Michael D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative directives; Ethical decision making; Ethical dilemmas; Moral decision making; School psychologists; Special educators

Indexed keywords

EID: 84989953153     PISSN: 07399820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v16n01_08     Document Type: Article

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