A peek into the trenches: Changes and challenges in residential care

Residential Treatment for Children and Youth

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-20

  Teather, E C Ted ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Challenges in residential treatment; Child care; Collaborative group care; Family based services; Residential care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937343124     PISSN: 0886571X     EISSN: 15410358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J007v19n01_01     Document Type: Article

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