Identifying and responding to problematic school psychology supervisees: The evaluation process and issues of impairment

Clinical Supervisor

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 87-110

  Lamb, Douglas H ^a   Swerdlik, Mark E ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Supervision of school psychologists; Trainee evaluation; Trainee impairment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248611359     PISSN: 07325223     EISSN: 1545231X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J001v22n01_07     Document Type: Article

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