Coaching Early Childhood Special Educators to Implement a Comprehensive Model for Promoting Young Children's Social Competence

Topics in Early Childhood Special Education

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 178-192

  Fox, Lise ^a   Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^b   Snyder, Patricia ^c   Binder, Denise Perez ^a   Clarke, Shelley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

competence; early education programs; personnel; social; teachers

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053485096     PISSN: 02711214     EISSN: 15384845     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0271121411404440     Document Type: Article

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