Approaches to psychological assessment by educational psychologists in England and Wales

School Psychology International

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-404

  Woods, Kevin ^a,b   Farrell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Educational psychologists; England and Wales; Pychological assessment; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749427160     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034306070425     Document Type: Article

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