Empower foster parents toward caring relations with children

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 393-398

  Swick, Kevin James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caring; Empowerment; Foster parent child relations; Foster parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248231816     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-007-0158-7     Document Type: Article

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