Building Resilience to Trauma: Creating a Safe and Supportive Early Childhood Classroom

Childhood Education

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 375-379

  Berson, Ilene R ^a   Baggerly, Jennifer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 84875365046     PISSN: 00094056     EISSN: 21620725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00094056.2009.10521404     Document Type: Article

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