Alignment: A missing link in early childhood transitions?

YC Young Children

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 26-32

  Kagan, Sharon L ^a,b,c   Carroll, Jude ^d   Comer, James P ^c,e   Scott Little, Catherine ^f  

^a Department of Early Childhood and Family Policy ^*  (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Connecticut Association for Human Services ^*  (United States)

^e School Development Program   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

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