The essential youth worker: Supports and opportunities for professional success

Community Youth Development: Programs, Policies, and Practices

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 373-393

  Walker, Joyce A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minnesota Youth Work Institute   (United States)

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EID: 84951988506     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4135/9781452233635.n18     Document Type: Chapter

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