Progress and challenge in Nurture Groups: Evidence from three case studies

British Journal of Special Education

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 211-222

  Cooper, Paul ^a   Tiknaz, Yonca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Behaviour problems; Emotional problems; Primary schools; Social development; Social support groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244482751     PISSN: 09523383     EISSN: 14678578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2005.00399.x     Document Type: Review

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