Two-Year Group Treatment for Children with Learning Difficulties: Assessing Effects of Treatment Duration and Pretreatment Characteristics

Journal of Learning Disabilities

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 354-364

  Lamminmäki, Tuija ^a   Ahonen, Timo ^a   De Barra, Helena Todd ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^a   Michelsson, Katarina ^a   Lyytinen, Heikki ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; GROUP THERAPY; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COGNITIVE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031181249     PISSN: 14690047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002221949703000401     Document Type: Article

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