Building research capacity in residential treatment centers: An approach for empirical studies

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-58

  Boyd, A Suzanne ^a   Einbinder, Susan D ^b   Rauktis, Mary Elizabeth ^c   Portwood, Sharon G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pressley Ridge Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Program effectiveness; Research; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847313582     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10566-006-9030-y     Document Type: Article

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