Life and social skills: Aiding abuse survivors from closed systems

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-89

  Sullivan, Kathleen A ^a   Wodarski, John S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Closed systems; Life skills; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749497587     PISSN: 15433714     EISSN: 15433722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J394v03n02_04     Document Type: Article

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