Lessons learned from 14 years of outcomes: The need for collaboration, utilization, and projection

Child Welfare

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 251-267

  Wall, Jacqueline Remondet ^a   Koch, Steven M ^b   Link, John W ^c   Graham, Cathleen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Crossroad ^*  (United States)

^d Indiana Association of Residential Child Care Agencies   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; PROCEDURES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERINSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT;

EID: 77956081581     PISSN: 00094021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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