Wilderness Programs: Principles, possibilities and opportunities for intervention with dropout adolescents

Child and Youth Care Forum

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 115-136

  Romi, Shlomo ^a   Kohan, Ezequiel ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEIT BERL COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Child and youth care workers; Dropout delinquent adolescents; Wilderness interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 3943110918     PISSN: 10531890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CCAR.0000019634.47226.ab     Document Type: Article

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