Child and family social workers’ experiences of working with parents with intellectual disabilities

Advances in Mental Health and Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 327-337

  Lewis, Claire ^a   Stenfert Kroese, Biza ^a   O'Brien, Alex ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent Partnership NHS Trust   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Child and family; Experience; Intellectual disability; Parenting; Safeguarding; Social work

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945269096     PISSN: 20441282     EISSN: 20441290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/AMHID-03-2015-0013     Document Type: Article

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