Clearing hurdles: the challenges of implementation of mental health evidence-based practices in under-resourced schools

Advances in School Mental Health Promotion

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 124-140

  Eiraldi, Ricardo ^a,b   Wolk, Courtney Benjamin ^b   Locke, Jill ^b   Beidas, Rinad ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

evidence based practices; implementation; mental health services; sustainment; under resourced schools

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938953554     PISSN: 1754730X     EISSN: 20498535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1754730X.2015.1037848     Document Type: Article

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