Teachers' perspectives of children's mental health service needs in urban elementary schools

Children and Schools

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 95-107

  Williams, James Herbert ^a   Horvath, Violet E ^b   Wei, Hsi Sheng ^c   Van Dorn, Richard A ^d   Jonson Reid, Melissa ^e  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c SHIH CHIEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Children's mental health; Elementary schools; Parental support; Service barriers; Urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547167440     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/29.2.95     Document Type: Article

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