Teacher and Parent Practice on Fostering Self-Determination of High School Students with Mild Disabilities

Career Development for Exceptional Individuals

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-169

  Dalun Zhang, Michael D ^a   Katsiyannis, Antonis ^a   Jiabei Zhang, Antonis ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84993775985     PISSN: 08857288     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088572880202500205     Document Type: Article

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