Barriers to collaboration on behalf of children with challenging behaviours: A large qualitative study of five constituent groups

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 478-486

  McLean, Sara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Behaviour management; Foster care; Inter agency collaboration; Out of home care; Residential care; Systems of care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862902810     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2011.00805.x     Document Type: Article

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