Perspectives on point and level systems in residential care: A responsive dialogue

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1-18

  Tompkins Rosenblatt, Peter ^a   Vanderven, Karen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Level systems; Milieu therapy; Point systems; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248605348     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v22n03_01     Document Type: Article

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