A combined intervention targeting both teachers' and students' social-emotional skills: Preliminary evaluation of students' outcomes

Australian Journal of Guidance and Counselling

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 152-166

  Iizuka, Cristina Akiko ^a   Barrett, Paula M ^a   Gillies, Robyn ^a   Cook, Clayton R ^b   Marinovic, Welber ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

communities at risk; school mental health; social and emotional competence; teacher education; universal intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919336317     PISSN: 10372911     EISSN: 18392520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/jgc.2014.12     Document Type: Article

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