Seeing the whole picture: Views from diverse participants on barriers to educating foster youths

Children and Schools

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 165-173

  Zetlin, Andrea G ^a   Weinberg, Lois A ^a   Shea, Nancy M ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mental Health Advocacy Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Educational barriers; Educational needs; Focus groups; Foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750011198     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/28.3.165     Document Type: Article

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