An evaluation of the effectiveness of the education welfare service in Wales

Research in Education

Volumn , Issue 77, 2007, Pages 108-128

  Reid, Ken ^a   Smith, Robert ^b   Powell, Robat ^b   Reakes, Angharad ^b   Jones, Gareth ^b  

^a Swansea Institute of Higher Education   (United Kingdom)

^b NFER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education social work; Education welfare service; Effectiveness of education welfare service; School attendance; Welsh Assembly Government

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547169442     PISSN: 00345237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7227/rie.77.8     Document Type: Article

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