Making the transition to primary school: An evaluation of a transition program for parents

Australian Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-17

  Giallo, Rebecca ^a   Treyvaud, Karli ^b   Matthews, Jan ^c   Kienhuis, Mandy ^d  

^a Parenting Research Centre   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c Parenting Research Centre

^d RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Parent; School; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952862593     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14465442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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