'School was just a nightmare': Childhood abuse and neglect and school experiences

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-30

  Frederick, John ^a   Goddard, Chris ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Child abuse (neglect); School social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 74049140273     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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