Teachers' perceptions of students with emotional and behavioural difficulties: Severity and prevalence

European Journal of Special Needs Education

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 171-187

  Poulou, Maria ^a,c   Norwich, Brahm ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Emotional and behavioural difficulties; Perceptions; Prevalence; Severity; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CONCENTRATION LOSS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; GREECE; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEACHER; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0034088679     PISSN: 08856257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/088562500361600     Document Type: Article

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