Prior placements of youth admitted to therapeutic foster care and residential treatment centers: The odyssey project population

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-60

  Baker, Amy J L ^a   Curtis, Patrick ^b  

^a Center for Child Welfare Research   (United States)

^b Walter R McDonald and Associates Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Welfare; Placements; Systems of Care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747892471     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-005-0031-8     Document Type: Article

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