Child welfare-involved youth with intellectual disabilities: Pathways into and placements in foster care

Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Slayter, Elspeth ^a   Springer, Cheryl ^a  

^a SALEM STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUERTO RICO; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951870224     PISSN: 19349556     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-49.1.1     Document Type: Article

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