An experiment in helping foster-carers manage challenging behaviour

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1265-1282

  MacDonald, Geraldine ^a,b,d   Turner, William ^c  

^a Information and Knowledge Management   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c School for Policy Studies   (United States)

^d Commission for Social Care Inspection ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Challenging behaviour; Fostering; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

EID: 29144464808     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bch204     Document Type: Review

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