Toward relationship-based child welfare services

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 473-480

  Lawler, Michael J ^a   Shaver, Phillip R ^a   Goodman, Gail S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment; Child welfare services; Child parent relationships; Maltreated children; Relationship enhancing interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951680471     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2010.06.018     Document Type: Article

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