Addressing school refusal behavior: Suggestions for frontline professionals

Children and Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 207-216

  Kearney, Christopher A ^a   Bates, Michelle ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b Hamilton Wentworth District School Board   (Canada)

Author keywords

Assessment; Intervention; School refusal behavior; Treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645150360     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/27.4.207     Document Type: Review

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