Residential education: Examining a new approach for improving outcomes for foster youth

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1152-1168

  Jones, Loring ^a   Lansdverk, John ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Foster care; Placement; Residential

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747347380     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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