Supporting children's mental health in schools: Teacher views

Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 479-496

  Graham, Anne ^a   Phelps, Renata ^a   Maddison, Carrie ^a   Fitzgerald, Robyn ^a  

^a SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

children's mental health; schools; strengths based approaches; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960779448     PISSN: 13540602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13540602.2011.580525     Document Type: Article

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