Does training make a difference to quality in family child care?

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 427-445

  Kontos, Susan ^a   Howes, Carollee ^a   Galinsky, Ellen ^a  

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EID: 0002814439     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0885-2006(96)90016-2     Document Type: Article

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