Social Dynamics Management: What Is It and Why Is It Important for Intervention?

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 3-10

  Farmer, Thomas W ^a   Talbott, Betsy ^b   Dawes, Molly ^c   Huber, Heartley B ^a   Brooks, Debbie S ^d   Powers, Emily E ^a  

^a Dept of Economics and Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy at the College of William and Mary   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

behavior support; emotional and behavioral disorders; peer groups; school ecology; social dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042271512     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: 15384799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1063426617752139     Document Type: Article

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