Tracking Behavioral Progress Within a Children's Mental Health System: The Vermont Community Adjustment Tracking System

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 19-32

  Bruns, Eric J ^a   Burchard, John D ^a   Froelich, Peter ^b   Yoe, James T ^c   Tighe, Theodore ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Maine Department of Mental Health   (United States)

^d Vermont Department of Developmental   (United States)

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EID: 0032353825     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106342669800600102     Document Type: Article

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