The Effects of a Teacher-Child Play Intervention on Classroom Compliance in Young Children in Child Care Settings

Journal of Behavioral Education

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 50-65

  Levine, Darren G ^a,b   Ducharme, Joseph M ^b  

^a Social Services Department   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Challenging behavior; Children; Classroom; Preschool; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874803237     PISSN: 10530819     EISSN: 15733513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10864-012-9163-z     Document Type: Article

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