Supporting children and responding to their families: Capturing the evidence on family support

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1368-1394

  Fernandez, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Client perspectives; Family centres; Family support; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548188331     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.05.012     Document Type: Article

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