Transition from school to adult life: Empowering youth through community ownership and accountability

Journal of Child and Family Studies

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 127-141

  Lehman, Constance M ^a   Clark, Hewitt B ^b   Bullis, Michael ^c   Rinkin, Judith ^d   Castellanos, Louis A ^d  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best practices; Emotional disturbance; Policy; Self determination; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043075252     PISSN: 10621024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1014727930549     Document Type: Article

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