Early childhood interventionists' perspectives on serving maltreated infants and toddlers

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1419-1425

  Herman Smith, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Early childhood intervention; IDEA Part C; Measures; Service providers

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957644172     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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