Characterizing key features of the early childhood professional development literature

Infants and Young Children

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-212

  Snyder, Patricia ^a   Hemmeter, Mary Louise ^b   Meeker, Kathleen Artman ^c   Kinder, Kiersten ^b   Pasia, Cathleen ^a   McLaughlin, Tara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

early childhood professional development; follow up support; training

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861673625     PISSN: 08963746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/IYC.0b013e31825a1ebf     Document Type: Review

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