Educational Research and Reviews

  • Abbreviation: Educ. Res. Rev.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1990-3839
  • DOI: 10.5897/ERR
  • Start Year: 2006
  • Published Articles: 2008

Review

Learning disabilities: Current policy and directions for community involvement among the Arab community in Israel

Samaher Jabareen-Taha*
  • Samaher Jabareen-Taha*
  • Department of Social Work- Haifa University, Israel.
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Haitham Taha
  • Haitham Taha
  • Department of Learning Disabilities and the Cognitive Lab for Reading and Learning Research, Sakhnin College, Israel.
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  •  Received: 23 April 2016
  •  Accepted: 20 June 2016
  •  Published: 23 July 2016

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