Consultant's guide for the use of time-out in the preschool and elementary classroom

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 135-148

  Turner, Heather Sterling ^b   Watson, T Steuart ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0033099328     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(199903)36:2<135::aid-pits6>3.0.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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