Transferring training to child welfare practice: Individual and collective efforts

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 149-156

  Liu, Junqing ^a   Smith, Brenda D ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Organizations; Supervision; Training; Training transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649932229     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.08.027     Document Type: Article

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