The impact of solution-focused brief therapy with at-risk junior high school students

Children and Schools

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 83-90

  Newsome, W Sean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk students; Outcome research; School underachievement; Solution focused brief therapy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746366170     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/27.2.83     Document Type: Article

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