Evaluation of a School-wide Preventive Intervention for Adolescents: The Secondary Social and Emotional Aspects of Learning (SEAL) Programme

School Mental Health

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 96-109

  Wigelsworth, Michael ^a   Humphrey, Neil ^a   Lendrum, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evaluation; School based prevention; Social and emotional learning; Universal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85016284692     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-012-9085-x     Document Type: Article

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