'Motor magic': Evaluation of a community capacity-building approach to supporting the development of preschool children (Part 2)

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 140-148

  Priest, Naomi ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community based practice; Kindergarten teachers; Preschool children; Realist evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250160947     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: 14401630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.2006.00618.x     Document Type: Article

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