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Learn what children living in group homes need most! Pain,
Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting
Residential Care for Children and Youth presents the results of a
14-month study of 10 staffed group homes in British Columbia. The
book uses grounded theory to construct a theoretical model that
speaks to the primary challenge care workers face each
dayresponding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents. It
combines participant observations, transcribed interviews, and
document analysis to develop a core theme of congruence, several
major psychosocial processes, and 11 interactional dynamics
identified as being fundamental to group home life. The study
brings to light several neglected aspects of residential care and
proposes new directions in policy development, education, practice,
and research to create an integrated and accessible framework for
understanding group home life for youths. Pain, Normality, and the
Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for
Children and Youth is a full and rigorous examination of the
theoretical and empirical underpinnings of residential group care.
The studyconducted during a time of heightened sensitivity to the
rights of children and increased emphasis on accountability and
outcome measurementreveals a core theme of congruence, focusing on
consistency, reciprocity, and coherence. The book examines the
major elements of this theme, including: creating an extra-familial
living environment developing a sense of normality listening and
responding with respect establishing a structure, routine, and
expectations offering emotional and developmental support
respecting personal space and time discovering potential
communicating a framework for understanding and much more! Pain,
Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting
Residential Care for Children and Youth provides professionals
concerned with the development and treatment of children and young
people with a unique understanding of group home life and work.
From the Foreword, by Dr. Barney Glaser: I am honored and delighted
to be asked by Jim Anglin to write the foreword to this grounded
theory text... The purpose of this grounded theory is to construct
a theoretical framework that would explain and account for
well-functioning staffed group homes for young people, that in turn
could serve as a basis for improved practice, policy development,
education and training, research, and evaluation. THE READER WILL
SEE THAT ANGLIN HAS ACHIEVED HIS GOAL WITH ADMIRABLE SUCCESS. . . .
HIS GROUNDED THEORY TRULY MAKES A SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE
LITERATURE.
Here are the information, ideas, and inspiration that will help
child care workers in their daily struggle to provide better care
for children, youth, and families. Perspectives in Professional
Child and Youth Care is a much-needed sourcebook of readings on the
current state of the art of professional child and youth care in
North America. Some of the leading practitioners, academicians,
researchers, and administrators provide a "child care perspective,"
writing about what they--on the front lines--perceive as the most
pressing issues and significant topics in the field today,
including the nature of child and youth care, current issues in
education and training, therapeutic program issues, key support
functions in child and youth programs, the changing work
environment and new roles, and developing professionalism in the
field of child and youth care. This enormously insightful book will
be valuable for use in academic courses and training workshops, as
well as for individual child and youth care professionals and
practitioners from related disciplines.
Learn what children living in group homes need most! Pain,
Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting
Residential Care for Children and Youth presents the results of a
14-month study of 10 staffed group homes in British Columbia. The
book uses grounded theory to construct a theoretical model that
speaks to the primary challenge care workers face each
dayresponding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents. It
combines participant observations, transcribed interviews, and
document analysis to develop a core theme of congruence, several
major psychosocial processes, and 11 interactional dynamics
identified as being fundamental to group home life. The study
brings to light several neglected aspects of residential care and
proposes new directions in policy development, education, practice,
and research to create an integrated and accessible framework for
understanding group home life for youths. Pain, Normality, and the
Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for
Children and Youth is a full and rigorous examination of the
theoretical and empirical underpinnings of residential group care.
The studyconducted during a time of heightened sensitivity to the
rights of children and increased emphasis on accountability and
outcome measurementreveals a core theme of congruence, focusing on
consistency, reciprocity, and coherence. The book examines the
major elements of this theme, including: creating an extra-familial
living environment developing a sense of normality listening and
responding with respect establishing a structure, routine, and
expectations offering emotional and developmental support
respecting personal space and time discovering potential
communicating a framework for understanding and much more! Pain,
Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting
Residential Care for Children and Youth provides professionals
concerned with the development and treatment of children and young
people with a unique understanding of group home life and work.
From the Foreword, by Dr. Barney Glaser: I am honored and delighted
to be asked by Jim Anglin to write the foreword to this grounded
theory text... The purpose of this grounded theory is to construct
a theoretical framework that would explain and account for
well-functioning staffed group homes for young people, that in turn
could serve as a basis for improved practice, policy development,
education and training, research, and evaluation. THE READER WILL
SEE THAT ANGLIN HAS ACHIEVED HIS GOAL WITH ADMIRABLE SUCCESS. . . .
HIS GROUNDED THEORY TRULY MAKES A SCHOLARLY CONTRIBUTION TO THE
LITERATURE.
Here are the information, ideas, and inspiration that will help
child care workers in their daily struggle to provide better care
for children, youth, and families. Perspectives in Professional
Child and Youth Care is a much-needed sourcebook of readings on the
current state of the art of professional child and youth care in
North America. Some of the leading practitioners, academicians,
researchers, and administrators provide a "child care perspective,"
writing about what they--on the front lines--perceive as the most
pressing issues and significant topics in the field today,
including the nature of child and youth care, current issues in
education and training, therapeutic program issues, key support
functions in child and youth programs, the changing work
environment and new roles, and developing professionalism in the
field of child and youth care. This enormously insightful book will
be valuable for use in academic courses and training workshops, as
well as for individual child and youth care professionals and
practitioners from related disciplines.
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