''Exceptional Children'' is a quarterly

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covering the field of

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. The

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are Kathleen King Thorius (

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), Endia J. Lindo (

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), Patricia Martínez-Álvarez (

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), Amanda L. Sullivan (

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). It was established in 1934, took on its present title in 1951, and is published by

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on behalf of the

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The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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'', the journal has a 2017

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of 3.34, ranking it 1st out of 40 journals in the category "Special Education" and 2nd out of 69 journals in the category "Rehabilitation".

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* SAGE Publishing academic journals English-language journals Special education journals Quarterly journals Academic journals established in 1934 {{Edu-journal-stub

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