Camps as social work interventions: Returning to our roots

Social Work with Groups

Volumn 24, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 153-171

  Mishna, Faye ^a   Michalski, Joseph ^b   Cummings, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Integra   (Canada)

Author keywords

Camp evaluation; Children and adolescents; Learning disabilities; Social group work; Social work interventions; Therapeutic summer camps

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012103910     PISSN: 01609513     EISSN: 15409481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J009v24n03_11     Document Type: Article

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