Strengthening homeless parents with young children through meaningful parent education and support

Early Childhood Education Journal

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-332

  Swick, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Empower homeless parents; Homeless parents; Parent education

Indexed keywords

EID: 62749166410     PISSN: 10823301     EISSN: 15731707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10643-008-0274-z     Document Type: Article

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