Inside the Black Box: What constitutes a day in a residential treatment centre?

International Journal of Social Welfare

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 176-183

  Libby, Anne M ^a,b   Coen, Anita Saranga ^c   Price, David A ^d   Silverman, Karen ^d   Orton, Heather D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Evaluation and Development Institute   (United States)

^d Policy Studies Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare services; Residential Treatment Centre (RTC); SED; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 21044459031     PISSN: 13696866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2005.00357.x     Document Type: Article

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