Learning difficulties and academic competence among children in contact with the child welfare system

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 307-314

  Iversen, Anette C ^a,b   Hetland, Hilde ^a   Havik, Toril ^b   Stormark, Kjell M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Child Welfare Research Unit   (Norway)

^c Centre for Child and Adolescent Mental Health   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child welfare academic competence; General learning disability; Heterogeneity; Service use; Specific learning difficulties

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955160067     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2009.00672.x     Document Type: Article

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