Solution-focused approaches in the practice of UK educational psychologists : A study of the nature of their application and evidence of their effectiveness

School Psychology International

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-28

  Stobie, Ingeborg ^a   Boyle, James ^a   Woolfson, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 12844252525     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034305050890     Document Type: Review

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