Evidence-Based Practice: What Does It Really Mean for the Early Childhood Field?

Young Exceptional Children

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 2-11

  Buysse, Virginia ^a   Wesley, Patricia W ^a   Snyder, Patricia ^b   Winton, Pamela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85001187402     PISSN: 10962506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109625060600900401     Document Type: Article

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