A Response to Intervention Model to Promote School Attendance and Decrease School Absenteeism

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-25

  Kearney, Christopher A ^a   Graczyk, Patricia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Response to Intervention; School absenteeism; School attendance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895058732     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-013-9222-1     Document Type: Article

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