Educational success for children in public care: Advice from a group of high achievers

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 121-130

  Martin, Pearl Y ^a   Jackson, Sonia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer views; Education; Looked after children

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844466426     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2002.00240.x     Document Type: Article

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