Improving Foster Parent Engagement: Using Qualitative Methods to Guide Tailoring of Evidence-Based Engagement Strategies

Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 877-889

  Dorsey, Shannon ^a   Conover, Kate L ^b   Revillion Cox, Julia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOSTER CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

ADULT; CHILD; COGNITIVE THERAPY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOSTER HOME CARE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84918529952     PISSN: 15374416     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2013.876643     Document Type: Article

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