Enhancing Social Inclusion of Children With Externalizing Problems Through Classroom Seating Arrangements: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 31-41

  van den Berg, Y H M ^a   Stoltz, S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

child interventions; classroom environment; externalizing behavior; peer relations; teaching strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 85041297020     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: 15384799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063426617740561     Document Type: Article

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