The effects of school-Based interventions for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: A meta-Analysis 1996-2010

School Psychology Review

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 387-412

  DuPaul, George J ^b   Eckert, Tanya L ^a   Vilardo, Brigid ^b  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84872347844     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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