Crossing no man's land: A specialist support service for parents with learning disabilities

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 233-243

  Tarleton, Beth ^a   Porter, Sue ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child protection; Family support; Learning disabilities difficulties; Parental competence parents with learning difficulties; Parenting parenthood; Partnership empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859507349     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2012.00833.x     Document Type: Article

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