Beginning teacher challenges instructing students who are in foster care

Remedial and Special Education

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 4-13

  Zetlin, Andrea ^a   MacLeod, Elaine ^a   Kimm, Christina ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

beginning teachers; child welfare; educational needs; foster youth; urban schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856001060     PISSN: 07419325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0741932510362506     Document Type: Article

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