Aspiring to Partnership. The Signs of Safety approach to child protection

Child Abuse Review

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-190

  Turnell, Andrew ^a   Edwards, Steve ^a  

^a Centrecare Brief Therapy Service   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brief therapy; Child protection; Partnership; Safety assessment

Indexed keywords

EID: 60549091703     PISSN: 09529136     EISSN: 10990852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0852(199708)6:3<179::AID-CAR324>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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