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Tammy Pearson
Back to facultyAssociate Professor, School of Social WorkChair, School of Social WorkUniversity of Northern British Columbia
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Parental perspective: Factors that played a role in facilitating or impeding the parents' understanding of their child's developmental diagnostic assessment.
Child: care, health and development · 2020 · first author
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Parental perspective: Factors that played a role in facilitating or impeding the parents' understanding of their child's developmental diagnostic assessment.
Pearson T, Wagner S, Schmidt G
Child: care, health and development2020First author
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