Developing and validating measures for child welfare agencies to self-monitor fidelity to a child safety intervention

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2146-2151

  Kaye, Sarah ^a   Osteen, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Child welfare; Fidelity; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053436218     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.06.020     Document Type: Article

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