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Evaluating a Child Abuse Intervention Program
Genevieve Burch,Vicki Mohr +1 more
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In this paper, abusive parents who became part of an educational developmental treatment program, Positive Parenting, were compared with a control group of abusers in a pre- and post-testing evaluation process.Abstract:
Abusing parents who became part of an educational-developmental treatment program, Positive Parenting, were compared with a control group of abusers in a pre- and post-testing evaluation process. S...read more
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