The potential for successful family foster care: Conceptualizing competency domains for foster parents

Child Welfare

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 523-558

  Buehler, Cheryl ^a   Rhodes, Kathryn W ^b   Orme, John G ^c   Cuddeback, Gary ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY RELATION; FOSTER CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SAFETY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY RELATIONS; FOSTER HOME CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; PARENTS; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SAFETY; SECURITY MEASURES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749661689     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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