Promoting Pedestrian Skill Development in Young Children: Implementation of a National Community-Centered Behavioral Training Scheme

The Wiley Handbook of Developmental Psychology in Practice: Implementation and Impact

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 311-340

  Thomson, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental psychology; National Community Centered Behavioral Training Scheme; Pedestrian skill development; Road traffic education; Traffic presence; Young children

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977452879     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119095699.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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