Teaching Self-Determination to Students With Disabilities: Will the Literature Help?

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 104-115

  Thoma, Colleen A ^a   Williams, Jane M ^b   Davis, Nicole Jolie ^c  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOWSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Clark County School District   (United States)

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EID: 84992923746     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/08857288050280020101     Document Type: Article

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