Addressing issues of globalization in the training of public child welfare workers: Lessons from a training program in the USA

International Social Work

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Collins, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Sook Hyun Kim, ^a   Clay, Cassandra ^a   Perlstein, Judith ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare training; International child welfare; Social work education

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849161936     PISSN: 00208728     EISSN: 14617234     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020872808097752     Document Type: Conference Paper

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