Functional assessment and positive support strategies for promoting resilience: Effects on teachers and high-risk children

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 686-706

  Stoiber, Karen Callan ^a   Gettinger, Maribeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

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EID: 79960041337     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20587     Document Type: Article

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