School non-attendance: Definitions, meanings, responses, interventions

Educational Psychology in Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-77

  Pellegrini, Dario W ^a  

^a West Sussex Educational Psychology Service   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 48449103577     PISSN: 02667363     EISSN: 14695839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02667360601154691     Document Type: Article

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