Educating homeless and highly mobile students: Implications of research on risk and resilience

School Psychology Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 315-330

  Masten, Ann S ^a   Fiat, Aria E ^a   Labella, Madelyn H ^a   Strack, Ryan A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Public Schools   (United States)

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EID: 84992388760     PISSN: 02796015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17105/spr-15-0068.1     Document Type: Note

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