Responding to chronic non-attendance: A review of intervention approaches

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 133-146

  Lauchlan, Fraser ^a  

^a South Lanarkshire Psychological Services   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34547328537     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360303236     Document Type: Review

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