Behavior Analysis in Child Welfare: Competency Training Caseworkers to Manage Visits between Parents and Their Children in Foster Care

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 148-170

  Kessler, Maria Lynn ^a   Greene, Brandon F ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033441484     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973159900900202     Document Type: Article

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