Improving Adjustment Outcomes For Foster Children With Emotional And Behavioral Disorders: Early Findings From A Controlled Study On Individualized Services

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 207-218

  Clark, Hewitt B ^a   Prange, Mark E ^a   Lee, Barbara ^a   Boyd, L Adlai ^a   Mcdonald, Beth A ^a   Stewart, Elizabeth S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

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EID: 84973805629     PISSN: 10634266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/106342669400200403     Document Type: Article

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