Do Individualized Transition Plans Match the Postschool Projections of Students with Learning Disabilities and Their Parents?

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-25

  Thompson, James R ^a   Fulk, Barbara M ^a   Piercy, Sheryl Wernsing ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Tri County Special Education Association in Illinois   (United States)

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EID: 84993736160     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088572880002300102     Document Type: Article

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