Stories of working with homeless youth: On being "mind-boggling"

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 16-34

  Kidd, Sean A ^a   Miner, Susan ^b   Walker, Diana ^c   Davidson, Larry ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Street Outreach Services ^*  (Canada)

^c Youthlink Innercity   (Canada)

Author keywords

Homeless youth; Service provision; Youth worker

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846100274     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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