Special Education Services for Children Involved with Child Welfare/Child Protective Services

School Mental Health

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 177-191

  Lambros, Katina M ^a   Hurley, Maia ^b   Hurlburt, Michael ^c   Zhang, Jinjin ^c   Leslie, Laurel K ^d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Public Consulting Group   (United States)

^c CHILD AND ADOLESCENT SERVICES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; School based Services; Special education

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952073484     PISSN: 18662625     EISSN: 18662633     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12310-010-9026-5     Document Type: Article

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