The Place of Peers in Peer-Mediated Interventions for Students With Intellectual Disability

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 345-356

  Schaefer, John M ^a   Cannella Malone, Helen I ^a   Carter, Erik W ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

developmental disabilities; intellectual disability; literature review; peer training; peer mediated interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994662719     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: 15384756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932516629220     Document Type: Review

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