Youth Leaving Foster Care

Youth Leaving Foster Care
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 320
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ISBN-10 : 9780195375596
ISBN-13 : 0195375599
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Book Synopsis Youth Leaving Foster Care by : Wendy B. Smith

Download or read book Youth Leaving Foster Care written by Wendy B. Smith and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive text to focus on youth emerging from care, offering a new theoretical framework to guide students, practitioners, administrators, and policymakers. The book features case vignettes, recommendations for practice and programs, and a multidimensional, integrative perspective on the effects of maltreatment on development, and common mental health disorders and treatment.


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