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The Effects of Fading, Modeling, Prompting, and Direct Instruction on Letter Legibility for Two Preschool Students with Physical and Developmental Delays

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Pages 13-21 | Received 08 Feb 2006, Accepted 15 Sep 2006, Published online: 08 Sep 2008

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