Assessing Restrictiveness: A Closer Look at the Foster Care Placements and Perceptions of Youth With and Without Disabilities Aging Out of Care

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 586-609

  Schmidt, Jessica ^a   Cunningham, Miranda ^a   Dalton, Lawrence D ^b   Powers, Laurie E ^a   Geenen, Sarah ^a   Orozco, Claudia Guadalupe ^c  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Multnomah Department of County Human Services   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aging out of foster care; relative kinship care; residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884392637     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2013.845644     Document Type: Article

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