Facilitating long-term recovery from natural disasters: Psychosocial programming for Tsunami-affected schools of Sri Lanka

School Psychology International

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 512-532

  Nastasi, Bonnie K ^a   Jayasena, Asoka ^b   Summerville, Meredith ^a   Borja, Amanda P ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culture specific intervention; qualitative research; school based intervention; Sri Lanka; tsunami

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052048462     PISSN: 01430343     EISSN: 14617374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0143034311402923     Document Type: Article

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