Cultivating caring relationships between teachers and secondary students with emotional and behavioral disorders: Implications for research and practice

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 108-125

  Mihalas, Stephanie ^a   Morse, William C ^a   Allsopp, David H ^a   Alvarez McHatton, Patricia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child interactions; Emotional and behavioral disorders; Exceptionalities; Management; Secondary behavior; Teacher(s)

Indexed keywords

EID: 62649154752     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932508315950     Document Type: Article

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