KEEP foster-parent training intervention: Model description and effectiveness

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-242

  Price, Joseph M ^a,b,d   Chamberlain, Patricia ^c   Landsverk, John ^b   Reid, John ^c  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c OREGON SOCIAL LEARNING CENTER   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Kinship care; Parenting parenthood; Prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 63849205161     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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