Underpinning knowledge for child care practice: reconsidering child development theory

Child and Family Social Work

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-235

  Taylor, Carolyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

child development; critical approaches; developmental psychology; social work

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY; HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE; SOCIAL WORKER;

EID: 85055304735     PISSN: 13567500     EISSN: 13652206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2004.00330.x     Document Type: Article

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