Negotiating the ‘Problem-child’ in School: Child Identity, Parenting and Institutional Agendas

Qualitative Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 489-507

  Hjörne, Eva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADHD; categorizing; child identity; institutional discourse; pupil welfare conferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248607790     PISSN: 14733250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1473325005058648     Document Type: Article

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