Using action research to enhance resilience in a children's home: An exploration of need, experience and role

Child Care in Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-129

  Houston, Stan ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79956140224     PISSN: 13575279     EISSN: 1476489X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13575279.2010.541425     Document Type: Article

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