Participation in the Child Protection Assessment: Voices from Children in Estonia.
This article explores children's views and experiences of participation within the context of child protection assessment practice. The findings of this study enable child protection workers as well as other professionals to learn from children, what is needed to better engage children to participat...
| Publicado en: | Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 211 - 227 |
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Springer Nature
Apr2021
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