The use of intensive family preservation services with adoptive families

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-53

  Berry, Marianne ^a   Propp, Jennifer ^b   Martens, Priscilla ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c National Family Preservation Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Family intactness; Intensive family preservation; Post adoption services; Post legalization; Special needs adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845764246     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00426.x     Document Type: Article

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