The need for educational assessment of children entering foster care

Child Welfare

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 565-580

  Evans, Larry D ^a,d   Scott, Susan S ^b   Schulz, Eldon G ^c  

^a Department of Pediatrics ^*  (United States)

^b Foster Care Prog Adol/Child Eval   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MALE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

ARKANSAS; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 12344294863     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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