Sheltered homeless children: their eligibility and unmet need for special education evaluations.
Objectives. This study described the proportion of sheltered homeless children in Los Angeles, Calif, who were eligible for special education evaluations because of a probable behavioral disorder, learning disability, or mental retardation, and to explore their level of unmet need for special educat...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 87; pp. 236 - 241 |
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American Public Health Association
February 1997
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