Practices Changes in the Child Protection System to Address the Needs of Parents With Cognitive Disabilities

Journal of Public Child Welfare

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 610-632

  Azar, Sandra T ^a   Maggi, Mirella C ^a   Proctor, Stephon N ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child welfare; disabilities; parents; social information processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890659955     PISSN: 15548732     EISSN: 15548740     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15548732.2013.857630     Document Type: Article

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