Examining the facilitators and barriers faced by adoptive professionals delivering post-placement services

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 584-593

  Ryan, Scott D ^a   Nelson, Nina ^b   Siebert, Carl F ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption professionals; Barriers; Concept mapping; Facilitators; Post adoption supports

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249098517     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2008.11.003     Document Type: Article

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