Leaving family care. Transitions to adulthood from kinship care

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 33, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2475-2481

  Del Valle, Jorge F ^a   Lázaro Visa, Susana ^b   López, Mónica ^a   Bravo, Amaia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Child care; Foster care; Kinship care; Social integration; Transition to adulthood

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255134371     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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