Matching interventions to children's mental health needs: Feasibility and acceptability of a pilot school-based trauma intervention program

Education and Treatment of Children

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 257-286

  Brown, Elissa J ^a   McQuaid, Jennifer ^b   Farina, Lana ^c   Ali, Rehana ^d   Winnick Gelles, Amy ^d  

^a ST JOHN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Luke's Child and Family Institute   (United States)

^c Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services   (United States)

^d Boys' and Girls' Harbor ^*  (United States)

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