Variables influencing teachers' decisions to refer children for school psychological assessment services

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 239-244

  Andrews, Ted J ^a   Wisniewski, Jack J ^b   Mulick, James A ^b  

^a Condrell Center ^*  (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031527762     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6807(199707)34:3<239::AID-PITS6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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