Good helping relationships in child welfare: Learning from stories of success

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 32-42

  De Boer, Catherine ^a   Coady, Nick ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child protection; Child welfare; Helping relationships; Relationship skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845748126     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00438.x     Document Type: Article

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