Kindergarten screening: A survey of current practice

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 323-332

  Costenbader, Virginia ^a   Rohrer, Allison M ^b   Difonzo, Nicholas ^b  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0034214451     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6807(200007)37:4<333::AID-PITS3>3.0.CO;2-M     Document Type: Article

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