Grandparents raising grandchildren: A solution-focused brief therapy approach in school settings

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 65-84

  Newsome, W Sean ^a   Kelly, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Grandparents; Group work; SFBT

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248611699     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v27n04_06     Document Type: Article

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