City Kids in the Wilderness: A Pilot-Test of Outward Bound for Foster Care Group Home Youth

Journal of Experiential Education

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 109-117

  Fischer, Robert L ^a   Attah, E B ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adventure based education; foster care; Outward Bound

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943057065     PISSN: 10538259     EISSN: 2169009X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/105382590102400208     Document Type: Article

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