Addressing Challenging Behaviors in Head Start: A Closer Look at Program Policies and Procedures

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 209-220

  Quesenberry, Amanda C ^a   Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^b   Ostrosky, Michaelene M ^c  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior; classroom; competence; Head Start; policy issues; qualitative investigations; research methodologies; social

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650988147     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121410371985     Document Type: Article

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