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It Takes Two

Principals and Special Education Educators Creating Transitional Spheres

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Transitioning Children with Disabilities

Part of the book series: Studies in Inclusive Education ((STUIE))

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Students with learning, physical, mental, and emotional disabilities went for the better part of the 20th century without services. However federal mandates such as Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEA) served dramatically to change the landscape in governing programs and services for students requiring special education and related services (Bartlett, Etscheidt, & Weisenstein, 2007).

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Moore, S.D., Henderson, L.B., Moore, A.J. (2017). It Takes Two. In: Ellis, A.L. (eds) Transitioning Children with Disabilities. Studies in Inclusive Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-134-6_1

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