Preparation of youth in congregate care for independent living

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-72

  Freundlich, Madelyn ^a   Avery, Rosemary J ^b   Padgett, Deborah ^c  

^a Excal Consulting Partners LLC   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Congregate care; Independent living preparation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845804691     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2006.00444.x     Document Type: Article

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