School psychology: Learning lessons from history and moving forward

School Psychology International

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 581-598

  Farrell, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

distinctive contribution; IQ testing; origins; school psychology; the future

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650343797     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034310386533     Document Type: Article

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