An exploration of teachers' current perceptions of children with emotional and behavioural difficulties

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 275-290

  Soles, Tamara ^a   Bloom, Elana ^b   Heath, Nancy Lee ^b   Karagiannakis, Anastasia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cross informant agreement; Emotional and behavioural disorders; Gender stereotypes; Teachers' perceptions

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILDREN DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIST; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL PROBLEM; SOCIAL SKILLS RATING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TEACHER; TEACHER REPORT FORM; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST 3; YOUTH SELF REPORT;

EID: 56849090038     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: 17412692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632750802442201     Document Type: Article

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