Helping youth in care succeed: Influence of caregiver involvement on academic achievement

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1092-1100

  Cheung, Connie ^a   Lwin, Kristen ^a   Jenkins, Jennifer M ^b  

^a Children's Aid Society of Toronto   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Caregiver involvement; Multilevel modeling; Out of home care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859931147     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.033     Document Type: Article

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