Effects of a book gifting programme on literacy outcomes for foster children: A randomised controlled trial evaluation of the Letterbox Club in Northern Ireland

Children and Youth Services Review

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-8

  Mooney, Jennifer ^a   Winter, Karen ^a   Connolly, Paul ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; Foster care; Intervention; Out of home care; RCT

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWING; FOSTER CARE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84962296586     PISSN: 01907409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.03.009     Document Type: Article

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