PARENTING COORDINATION (PC) PRACTICE: A SURVEY OF EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONALS

Family Court Review

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 622-636

  Kirkland, Karl ^a   Sullivan, Matthew ^b  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

parenting coordination practices; parenting coordinator survey; professional PC development

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650310648     PISSN: 15312445     EISSN: 17441617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-1617.2008.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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