The Early Intervention Foster Care program: Permanent placement outcomes from a randomized trial

Child Maltreatment

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 61-71

  Fisher, Philip A ^a   Burraston, Bert ^a,b   Pears, Katherine ^a  

^a OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruption; Permanency; Treatment foster care

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 12444333521     PISSN: 10775595     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077559504271561     Document Type: Review

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