Parenting and the home environment provided by grandmothers of children in the child welfare system

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 784-796

  Dolan, Melissa M ^a   Casanueva, Cecilia ^a   Smith, Keith R ^a   Bradley, Robert H ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

Child Welfare System; Foster caregivers; Grandmothers; HOME SF; Kin caregivers; NSCAW; Parenting

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349137892     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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