Effectiveness of a social skills training program with school age children: Transition to the clinical setting

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 409-418

  Sim, Leslie ^a   Whiteside, Stephen P ^a   Dittner, Carrie A ^b   Mellon, Michael ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b Peace College   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Effectiveness; Group therapy; Parent training; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747880560     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10826-006-9049-6     Document Type: Article

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