The literacy and social inclusion project: A new model for building parental skills

Literacy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 59-63

  Bird, Viv ^a  

^a Swire House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community focused; Literacy; Policy; Practitioners; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 27944450364     PISSN: 17414350     EISSN: 17414369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-4350.2005.00400.x     Document Type: Review

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