A comprehensive model for child welfare training evaluation

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1063-1080

  Antle, Becky F ^a   Barbee, Anita P ^a   van Zyl, Michiel A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Learning readiness; Supervision; Training evaluation

Indexed keywords

EID: 47049104262     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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