Community science and expanded school mental health: Bridging the research-to-practice gap to promote child well-being and academic success

Educational and Child Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-41

  Flaspohler, Paul D ^a   Anderson Butcher, Dawn ^b   Paternite, Carl E ^b   Weist, Mark ^b   Wandersman, Abraham ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 85016256533     PISSN: 02671611     EISSN: 23968702     Source Type: Book Series    
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