Development of a change-sensitive outcome measure for children receiving counseling

Canadian Journal of School Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-160

  Meier, Scott T ^a   McDougal, James L ^b   Bardos, Achilles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Counseling; Measurement; Outcome assessment; Psychotherapy; Testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 57049153033     PISSN: 08295735     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0829573507307693     Document Type: Article

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