Developing social work students' communication skills with children and young people: A model for the qualifying level curriculum

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 166-176

  Lefevre, Michelle ^a   Tanner, Karen ^a   Luckock, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Communication; Skills; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 41849132864     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2007.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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