Preschool teachers' perceptions and reactions to challenging classroom behavior: Implications for speech-language pathologists

Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 139-151

  Nungesser, Nicole R ^a   Watkins, Ruth V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Intervention; Preschool; Speech language pathologist

Indexed keywords

EID: 18144364351     PISSN: 01611461     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/0161-1461(2005/013)     Document Type: Article

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