Involvement of Low-Income Single Caregivers in Child-Focused Early Intervention Services: Implications for Caregiver-Child Interaction

Family Relations

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 210-218

  Unger, Donald G ^a   Tressell, Patricia A ^b   Jones, C Wayne ^b   Park, Elizabeth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Child; Family; Intervention; Low income; Parent child; Services

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842783638     PISSN: 01976664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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