Truancy interventions: A review of the research literature

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-171

  Sutphen, Richard D ^a   Ford, Janet P ^a   Flaherty, Chris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Education; Evidence based practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649278916     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731509347861     Document Type: Review

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