A social-emotional assessment method for young children in foster and residential care: The attachment-based narrative story-stem technique

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 139-162

  Page, Timothy F ^a   Heller, Sherryl Scott ^b   Boris, Neil W ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Children; Foster care; Narrative assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749135169     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08865710609512721     Document Type: Article

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