A Pilot Study of Training Adoptive Parents for Cultural Competence

Adoption Quarterly

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 5-18

  Vonk, M Elizabeth ^a   Angaran, Ruth ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural competence; Evaluation; Multicultural planning; Parent training; Racial awareness; Survival skills; Transracial adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937338092     PISSN: 10926755     EISSN: 1544452X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J145v04n04_02     Document Type: Article

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