Outcomes of residential treatment: A study of the adolescent clients of Girls and Boys Town

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 175-185

  Larzelere, Robert E ^a   Dinges, Katherine ^a   Schmidt, M Diane ^a   Spellman, Douglas F ^a   Criste, Thomas R ^a   Connell, Patrick ^a  

^a Girls and Boys Town   (United States)

Author keywords

Boys Town; Residential treatment evaluation; Youth in care

Indexed keywords

EID: 24944471533     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1012236824230     Document Type: Article

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