Residential trajectories of participants in North Carolina's Willie-M. program: A semi-parametric group based model

Journal of Social Service Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-68

  Nash, James K ^a   Thompson, Shealy ^b   Kim, Jong Sung ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Residential restrictiveness; Serious emotional disturbance; Trajectories; Wraparound

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845764802     PISSN: 01488376     EISSN: 15407314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J079v33n01_06     Document Type: Article

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