Development and validation of a teacher report measure for assessing social'emotional strengths of children and adolescents

School Psychology Review

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 226-241

  Merrell, Kenneth W ^a   Cohn, Bradley P ^a   Tom, Karalyn M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

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