Beyond "involvement": Are elementary schools ready to be family-centered?

School Psychology Review

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 378-394

  McWilliam, R A ^a   Maxwell, Kelly L ^a   Sloper, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

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