Project Create: Bridging the Gap in Training for Infant/Toddler Child Care Providers

Childhood Education

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 262-266

  Buell, Martha ^a   Hallam, Rena ^b   Adams, Jennifer ^a   Wilson, Kathy ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Dela ware Office of Child Care Licensing   (United States)

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EID: 0042728222     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2000.10522111     Document Type: Article

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