Delivering school-based mental health services by school psychologists: Education, training, and ethical issues

Psychology in the Schools

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1049-1063

  Perfect, Michelle M ^a   Morris, Richard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 80755188905     PISSN: 00333085     EISSN: 15206807     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pits.20612     Document Type: Article

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