A small-scale randomized efficacy trial of Carescapes: Enhancing children's social development in child care homes

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 527-546

  Rusby, Julie C ^a   Smolkowski, Keith ^a   Marquez, Brion ^b   Taylor, Ted K ^a  

^a OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IRIS Media Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior management; Child care quality; Early intervention; Family child care; Social development

Indexed keywords

EID: 57649084450     PISSN: 08852006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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