The boomerang bunch: A school-based multifamily group approach for students and their families recovering from parental separation and divorce

Journal for Specialists in Group Work

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 154-164

  Ziffer, Judith M ^a,b   Crawford, Eileen ^c   Penney Wietor, Joy ^d  

^a ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Private Practice   (United States)

^d Osceola County Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Divorce; Divorce groups; Multi family groups; Schools; Separation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249155645     PISSN: 01933922     EISSN: 15496295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01933920701227141     Document Type: Article

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