Head start: Challenges and training needs

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-13

  Buscemi, Leah ^a   Bennett, Tess ^a   Thomas, Dawn ^a   Deluca, Deborah A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0030520520     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105381519602000101     Document Type: Article

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