The competencies initiative in American professional psychology: Implications for school psychology preparation

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 872-886

  Daly, Edward J ^a   Doll, Beth ^a   Schulte, Ann C ^b   Fenning, Pamela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 80053920609     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20603     Document Type: Article

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