Children's play: Where we have been and where we could go

Journal of Early Intervention

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 281-297

  Lifter, Karin ^a   Mason, Emanuel J ^a   Barton, Erin E ^b  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

play; play assessment; play defined; play development; play interventions; play theories

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855412973     PISSN: 10538151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1053815111429465     Document Type: Article

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