The prevalence and outcomes of care proceedings involving parents with learning difficulties in the family courts

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-17

  Booth, Tim ^a   Booth, Wendy ^a   McConnell, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Care proceedings; Children Act; Family Courts; Learning difficulties; Parents

Indexed keywords

EID: 14644446019     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-3148.2004.00204.x     Document Type: Article

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