From Barriers to Successful Collaboration: Public Schools and Child Welfare Working Together

Social Work

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-63

  Altshuler, Sandra J ^a  

^a EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Child welfare; Educational needs; Focus groups; Foster care

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SCHOOL; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL WORK;

EID: 0037267931     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/48.1.52     Document Type: Article

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