Promising approaches to engaging families and building strengths in residential treatment

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-18

  Nickerson, Amanda B ^a   Salamone, Frank J ^a   Brooks, Jennifer L ^a   Colby, Sarah A ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Family engagement; Residential treatment; Strength based treatment; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751521424     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v22n01_01     Document Type: Article

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