Contributing factors to South Korean early childhood educators' strategies for addressing children's challenging behaviors

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 227-249

  Kim, Yeon Ha ^a   Stormont, Melissa ^a   Espinosa, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviors; Preschool; Teacher

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549115038     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815109338946     Document Type: Article

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