Reentry of elementary aged children following reunification from foster care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 353-364

  Barth, Richard P ^a   Weigensberg, Elizabeth C ^b   Fisher, Philip A ^c   Fetrow, Becky ^c   Green, Rebecca L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior problems; Family size; Foster care; Longitudinal; Reunification

Indexed keywords

EID: 40649083294     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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