Exploring Children's Perceptions of Two School-Based Social Inclusion Programs: A Pilot Study

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-18

  Lindsay, Sally ^a,b   McPherson, Amy C ^a,b   Aslam, Henna ^a   McKeever, Patricia ^a,b   Wright, Virginia ^a,b  

^a University of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arts based; Bullying; Disability; Games; Puppets; Social inclusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872924483     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-012-9183-9     Document Type: Article

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