Examining perceived barriers and facilitators to school social work practice with homeless children

Children and Schools

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 165-173

  Canfield, James P ^a  

^a NORTHERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; Homeless children; McKinney Vento Act; School social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904282981     PISSN: 15328759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/cs/cdu015     Document Type: Article

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