Who Takes Care of Education? Looked after children's perceptions of support for educational progress

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 89-100

  Harker, Rachael M ^a   Dobel Ober, David ^a   Lawrence, Julie ^b   Berridge, David ^b   Sinclair, Ruth ^a  

^a National Children's Bureau   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Foster care; Looked after children; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645017964     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.2003.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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