Prevalence of children with disabilities in the child welfare system and out of home placement: An examination of administrative records

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2069-2075

  Lightfoot, Elizabeth ^a   Hill, Katharine ^b   LaLiberte, Traci ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Child maltreatment; Child protection; Child welfare; Children with disabilities; Foster care; Out of home placement

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053436352     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.02.019     Document Type: Article

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