Behavioral parent training in child welfare: Evaluations of skills acquisition

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 377-391

  Van Camp, Carole M ^a   Vollmer, Timothy R ^a   Goh, Han Leong ^a   Whitehouse, Cristina M ^a   Reyes, Jorge ^a   Montgomery, Jan L ^a   Borrero, John C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior analysis services program; Behavioral parent training; Child welfare; Skills acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 49349100951     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731507314008     Document Type: Article

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