Management Approaches Employed by Teachers to Deal with Children's Behaviour Problems in Nursery Classes

School Psychology International

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 415-440

  Papatheodorou, Theodora ^a  

^a CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0034369110     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034300214005     Document Type: Article

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