Brief Functional Screening for Transition Difficulties Prior to Enrolment Predicts Socio-Emotional Competence and School Adjustment in Head Start Preschoolers

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 681-698

  Miller, Alison L ^a   Gouley, Kathleen Kiely ^b   Shields, Ann ^c   Dickstein, Susan ^a   Seifer, Ronald ^a   Magee, Karin Dodge ^a   Fox, Christina ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY CHILD STUDY CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional screening; Head start; Low income children; Preschool transition; Socio emotional competence

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247590645     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443032000178636     Document Type: Article

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