Measuring client engagement from the client's perspective in nonvoluntary child protective services

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 84-96

  Yatchmenoff, Diane K ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child protective services; Client engagement; Measurement; Social casework

Indexed keywords

EID: 18844459151     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731504271605     Document Type: Article

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