An evaluation of an outdoor education programme for students with emotional and behavioural difficulties

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-283

  Fox, Paul ^a   Avramidis, Elias ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; EBD; Outdoor education

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAFF; STUDENT;

EID: 0344668492     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136327520384002     Document Type: Article

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