Universal and early screening for educational difficulties: Current and future approaches

Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-161

  Elliott, Stephen N ^a   Huai, Nan ^b   Roach, Andrew T ^c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic difficulties; Academic screening; Universal screening

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846525392     PISSN: 00224405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsp.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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