A review of parental engagement in parenting interventions and strategies to promote it

Journal of Children's Services

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Morawska, Alina ^a   Sanders, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child behaviour problems; Non completion; Parental engagement; Parenting interventions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993044892     PISSN: 17466660     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17466660200600004     Document Type: Review

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