The influence of a short intervention program on early childhood and physical education teachers' ability to identify children with developmental coordination disorders

Journal of Early Childhood Teacher Education

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 276-286

  Kourtessis, Thomas ^a   Tsigilis, Nikolaos ^b   Maheridou, Maria ^c   Ellinoudis, Theodoros ^a   Kiparissis, Michael ^a   Kioumourtzoglou, Efthimis ^a  

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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EID: 56349126210     PISSN: 10901027     EISSN: 17455642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10901020802470002     Document Type: Article

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