Models of emotion skills and social competence in the Head Start classroom

Early Education and Development

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 495-516

  Spritz, Becky L ^a   Sandberg, Elisabeth Hollister ^b   Maher, Edward ^b   Zajdel, Ruth T ^c  

^a ROGER WILLIAMS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Hannah More School   (United States)

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EID: 77954835992     PISSN: 10409289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409280902895097     Document Type: Article

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