Research into unaccompanied refugee minors in family foster care: Promoting adaptive functioning?
Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URMs) are at high risk for trauma and maladaptive functioning. Although foster care is best suited to come forth to their needs, obtaining a better understanding of the strengths and flaws of foster care for URM can help to improve their development and psychological we...
| Publicado en: | Child & Family Social Work Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 86 - 96 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Feb2023
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