Building and Sustaining School-University Partnerships in Rural Settings: One Approach for Improving Special Education Service Delivery

Rural Special Education Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 33-40

  Maheady, Larry ^a   Magiera, Kathleen ^b   Simmons, Rhea ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; rural education; school university partnerships; special education service delivery; teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 85040696546     PISSN: 87568705     EISSN: 21688605     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/875687051603500205     Document Type: Article

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