The use of humour in classroom interventions with students with social, emotional and behavioural difficulties

Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 275-289

  Fovet, Frédéric ^a  

^a College Northside ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Behaviour; Eco systemic intervention; Humour; Mixed methodology; SEBD

Indexed keywords

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CHILD; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ECOSYSTEM; EDUCATION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUMOR; INTERVENTION STUDY; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIOURAL DIFFICULTIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STUDENT; TAXONOMY; TEACHER; TEACHING; VALIDITY;

EID: 70549084048     PISSN: 13632752     EISSN: 17412692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13632750903303104     Document Type: Article

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