Placement, protective and risk factors in the educational success of young people in care: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses

European Journal of Social Work

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 70-87

  Flynn, Robert J ^a   Tessier, Nicholas G ^b   Coulombe, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Educational Success; Ontario Looking After Children project; Risk And Protective Factors; Youth In Care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875126424     PISSN: 13691457     EISSN: 14682664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691457.2012.722985     Document Type: Article

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