Training for Transracial Adoptive Parents by Public and Private Adoption Agencies

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 53-62

  Vonk, M Elizabeth ^a   Angaran, Ruth ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption agency; Cultural compentence; Parent education; Survey; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749673596     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v06n03_04     Document Type: Article

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