On the Way Home: Program description and preliminary findings

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1115-1120

  Trout, Alexandra L ^a   Tyler, Patrick M ^b   Stewart, McLain C ^b   Epstein, Michael H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Boys Town   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Out of home care; Reintegration; Residential; Transition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859931471     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.046     Document Type: Article

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