Mentoring for young people leaving foster care: Promise and potential pitfalls

Social Work

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 225-234

  Spencer, Renée ^a   Collins, Mary Elizabeth ^a   Ward, Rolanda ^b   Smashnaya, Svetlana ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FREDONIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Foster care; Mentoring; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954473130     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/55.3.225     Document Type: Article

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