Teaching children with ADHD: Icelandic early childhood teachers' perspectives

Early Child Development and Care

Volumn 178, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-397

  Einarsdottir, Johanna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

ADHD; Early childhood; Education; Iceland; Teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649394352     PISSN: 03004430     EISSN: 14768275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03004430701321696     Document Type: Article

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