A promising start: An evaluation of the hippy program in New Zealand

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 145-157

  Barhava Mònteith, Galia ^a   Harré, Niki ^a   Field, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Disadvantaged communities; Early intervention; HIPPY; Program evaluation; School achievement

Indexed keywords

EID: 41549166132     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0300443991590112     Document Type: Article

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