Families of children with serious emotional disturbances: Parent perceptions of family resources and stressors

Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 271-285

  Corliss, Bethany A ^a   Lawrence, Edith C ^a   Nelson, Megan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

At risk families; Children with emotional disturbances; Family assessment; Residential and day treatment; Strength based assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149107733     PISSN: 07380151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10560-008-0126-0     Document Type: Article

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