Investing in adoptive families: What adoptive families tell us regarding the benefits of adoption preservation services

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-23

  Zosky, Diane L ^a   Howard, Jeanne A ^a   Smith, Susan Livingston ^a   Howard, Anne M ^a   Shelvin, Kristal H ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption disruption; Adoption preservation; Special needs adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846916001     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v08n03_01     Document Type: Article

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