''Exceptional Children'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed

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covering the field of

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. The

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are John Wills Lloyd and William J. Therrien (

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). It was established in 1934 and is published by SAGE Publications on behalf of the

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Abstracting and indexing

The journal is abstracted and indexed in: *

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* Social Sciences Citation Index *

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/Social & Behavioral Sciences According to the ''

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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 Publications established in 1934 {{Edu-journal-stub

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