A positive behavioural intervention for toddlers: Parent-child attunement therapy

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-151

  Dombrowski, Stefan C ^a   Timmer, Susan G ^b   Blacker, Dawn M ^b   Urquiza, Anthony J ^b  

^a RIDER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California at Davis School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural intervention; Maltreatment; Parent training; Toddler

Indexed keywords

EID: 17844386354     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/car.888     Document Type: Article

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