Special Education Experience of Older Foster Youth With Disabilities: An Analysis of Administrative Data

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 520-535

  Hill, Katharine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST THOMAS   (United States)

Author keywords

aging; education; foster care; out of foster care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890598440     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2013.843493     Document Type: Article

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