Young people with complex needs: Designing coordinated interventions to promote resilience across child welfare, juvenile corrections, mental health and education services

British Journal of Social Work

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 675-693

  Ungar, Michael ^a   Liebenberg, Linda ^a   Ikeda, Janice ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Coordinated services; Cumulative disadvantage; Resilience; Service design; Young people with complex needs; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899563981     PISSN: 00453102     EISSN: 1468263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjsw/bcs147     Document Type: Conference Paper

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