Social and emotional foundations for early learning: A conceptual model for intervention

School Psychology Review

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 583-601

  Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^a   Ostrosky, Michaelene ^b   Fox, Lise ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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