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Integrating special-needs children into a preschool setting

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  1. Special Education Department, University of South Florida—St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Florida

    Kim Stoddard (assistant professor)

  2. University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky

    Cathy Pike (doctoral candidate)

  3. Friends Preschool, Louisville, Kentucky

    Diane Thomas

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For further information, write to Kim Stoddard, College of Education, University of South Florida—St. Petersburg, 140 7th Ave. South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701.

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Stoddard, K., Pike, C. & Thomas, D. Integrating special-needs children into a preschool setting. Early Childhood Educ J 22, 30–33 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02361331

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