Enhancing the resilience of children and young people in public care by mentoring their talents and interests

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 187-196

  Gilligan, ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

children in public care; leisure time interests; mentoring; resilience; talents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTOR; MENTORING; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 84937184669     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2206.1999.00121.x     Document Type: Article

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