Educating children and youth in care: A review of barriers to school progress and strategies for change

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1143-1149

  Ferguson, H Bruce ^a   Wolkow, Katherine ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Barriers to success; Children in care; School failure; Systemic strategies

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859933023     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.01.034     Document Type: Article

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