Children referred to residential care: Reducing multiple placements, managing costs and improving treatment outcomes

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 55-66

  Sunseri, Paul A ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Foster care; Managing costs; Placement stability; Residential treatment; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248601065     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v22n03_04     Document Type: Article

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