Education - The Missing Link at Transition

Tizard Learning Disability Review

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 14-21

  Mittler, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993016609     PISSN: 13595474     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13595474200700013     Document Type: Review

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