Inclusion and students with mental retardation: Theoretical perspectives and implicationsc

Special Services in the Schools

Volumn 15, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-71

  Cook, Bryan G ^a   Semmel, Melvyn I ^b  

^a KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental disabilities; Inclusion; Mental retardation; Tolerance theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007241431     PISSN: 07399820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J008v15n01_04     Document Type: Article

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