The parent version of the preschool social skills rating scale: An analysis of its use with low-income, ethnicminority children

School Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 493-504

  Manz, Patricia H ^a   Fantuzzo, John W ^c   McDermott, Paul A ^b  

^a Children's Seashore House   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c NONE

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