The children of military service members: Challenges, supports, and future educational research

Review of Educational Research

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 566-618

  de Pedro, Kris M Tunac ^a   Astor, Ron Avi ^a   Benbenishty, Rami ^b   Estrada, Jose ^c   Smith, Gabrielle R Dejoie ^a   Esqueda, Monica Christina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

culturally responsive schools; mental health; Military children; school climate; school reform

Indexed keywords

EID: 80655126883     PISSN: 00346543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3102/0034654311423537     Document Type: Review

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