Psychometric properties of the devereux early childhood assessment in a head start sample

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 386-396

  Lien, My T ^a   Carlson, John S ^b  

^a Plainfield Community Counseling Grand Rapids   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Devereux Early Childhood Assessment; Early screening; Head Start; Social emotional

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350054250     PISSN: 07342829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734282909331754     Document Type: Article

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