Transitioning from group care to family care: Child welfare worker assessments

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1770-1777

  Lee, Bethany R ^a   Shaw, Terry V ^a   Gove, Britni ^a   Hwang, Jeongha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Family reunification; Group care; Residential treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957220499     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.07.021     Document Type: Article

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