Drawing out strengths and building capacity in social work with troubled young women

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-11

  Munford, Robyn ^a   Sanders, Jackie ^b  

^a Deaprtment of Social Work ^*

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Exclusion; Social work practice; Strengths; Troubled young women

Indexed keywords

EID: 38149000679     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00501.x     Document Type: Article

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