Chapter 2 Responsive Parenting. Closing the Learning Gap for Children with Early Developmental Problems

International Review of Research in Mental Retardation

Volumn 36, Issue , 2008, Pages 27-60

  Landry, Susan H ^a   Taylor, Heather B ^a   Guttentag, Cathy ^a   Smith, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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EID: 58249087026     PISSN: 00747750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0074-7750(08)00002-5     Document Type: Review

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