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- ↑ Kilpatrick, Rosemary; Berridge, David; Sinclair, Ruth; Larkin, Emma; Lucas, Patricia; Kelly, Berni; Geraghty, Teresa (September 2008), Working with challenging and disruptive situations in residential child care: Sharing effective practice , SCIE Knowledge review, vol. 22, Social Care Institute for Excellence
