Educators’ evaluations of children's ideas on the social exclusion of classmates with intellectual and learning disabilities

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2018, Pages e154-e163

  Nowicki, Elizabeth A ^a   Brown, Jason D ^a   Dare, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

children; concept mapping; educators; inclusive classrooms; intellectual disabilities; learning disabilities; social exclusion

Indexed keywords

CHILD; FEMALE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STUDENT;

CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; SOCIAL DISTANCE; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; STUDENTS;

EID: 85017419252     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12356     Document Type: Article

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