Family processes that supportschool readiness: Specific behaviors and contextual conditions thatset this process in motion

Disparities in School Readiness: How Families Contribute to Transitions into School

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 85-107

  Landry, Susan H ^a   Smith, Karen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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EID: 70449567713     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203809754     Document Type: Chapter

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