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Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh
look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in
working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international
contributors, it critically examines current research and
innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it
work, what are its critical "active ingredients" and does it
represent value for money? The book covers a broad spectrum of
established and emerging approaches pioneered around with world,
with contributors from the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Spain,
Australia, Israel and the UK offering a mix of practice and
research exemplars. The book also looks at the research relating to
critical issues for child welfare service providers: the best time
to refer children to residential care, how children can be helped
to make the transition into care, the characteristics of children
entering and exiting care, strategies for engaging families as
partners, how the substantial cost of providing intensive is best
measured against outcomes, and what research and development
challenges will allow therapeutic residential care to be rigorously
compared with its evidence-based community-centered alternatives.
Importantly, the volume also outlines how to set up and implement
intensive child welfare services, considering how transferable they
are, how to measure success and value for money, and the training
protocols and staffing needed to ensure that a programme is
effective. This comprehensive volume will enable child welfare
professionals, researchers and policymakers to develop a refined
understanding of the potential of therapeutic residential care, and
to identify the highest and best uses of this intensive and
specialized intervention.
The journey to adulthood is a big step for all young people.
However, for young people leaving care it may be far more
difficult, coping with major changes in their lives and at a
younger age, especially if they lack preparation and support. Young
People Leaving Care explores the journey from care to adulthood
through the main challenges these young people face: in being in
settled accommodation, in fulfilling their potential in education,
employment or training, and in achieving and maintaining good
health and a positive sense of wellbeing. For each of these
pathways, the book provides a comprehensive review of relevant
research, how young people might be best supported, and how the
services they receive have the potential to increase resilience and
boost their chances of enjoying a fulfilled life as a young adult.
This is an essential book for all those who work with young people
from care, including social workers, personal advisers,
counsellors, teachers, policy makers, researchers and students in
the field of child welfare.
Quality Matters in Children's Services brings together
authoritative research to explore critical concerns for those
working with vulnerable children, young people and their families.
Subjects covered include reunification, stability and wellbeing,
kinship care, educating vulnerable young people, child protection,
domestic violence and parental substance misuse, the participation
of disabled young people and advocacy services. Mike Stein
discusses key issues for policy and practice in the development of
quality services including identifying and sustaining quality
through involving stakeholders, integrated working and quality
services, the development of policies, procedures and
organisational processes and carrying out quality assessments,
training and workforce reform. This book is essential reading for
practitioners, senior staff, commissioners, managers and anyone
involved in developing quality children's services.
German description: Ob Ruhe, Erlebnis, Action oder Naturerlebnis -
eine kurze angeleitete Reise in die eigene Fantasiewelt fordert
Harmonie und Gemeinschaft im Schulalltag und macht fit fur neue
Aufgaben, Themen und Unterrichtsherausforderungen. 40
Fantasiereisen, fur jede Schulwoche eine, bieten neben schulfernen
Themen auch solche, die typische Schulalltagsprobleme aufgreifen
und den SchulerInnen helfen neue Losungsansatze zu finden. Und eine
eigene Fantasiereise entwerfen? Kein Problem: Mit der Anleitung von
Meike Stein konnen LehrerInnen wie SchulerInnen ihre eigene
Kreativitat erproben und sich ganz individuelle Fantasiereisen
ausdenken.
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh
look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in
working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international
contributors, it critically examines current research and
innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it
work, what are its critical "active ingredients" and does it
represent value for money? The book covers a broad spectrum of
established and emerging approaches pioneered around with world,
with contributors from the USA, Canada, Scandinavia, Spain,
Australia, Israel and the UK offering a mix of practice and
research exemplars. The book also looks at the research relating to
critical issues for child welfare service providers: the best time
to refer children to residential care, how children can be helped
to make the transition into care, the characteristics of children
entering and exiting care, strategies for engaging families as
partners, how the substantial cost of providing intensive is best
measured against outcomes, and what research and development
challenges will allow therapeutic residential care to be rigorously
compared with its evidence-based community-centered alternatives.
Importantly, the volume also outlines how to set up and implement
intensive child welfare services, considering how transferable they
are, how to measure success and value for money, and the training
protocols and staffing needed to ensure that a programme is
effective. This comprehensive volume will enable child welfare
professionals, researchers and policymakers to develop a refined
understanding of the potential of therapeutic residential care, and
to identify the highest and best uses of this intensive and
specialized intervention.
Adolescent neglect is a significant problem within child
protection, but focus on child neglect and other forms of
maltreatment means that it can often be overlooked. This book
outlines how adolescent neglect differs from child neglect, the
context of why it is overlooked, how it is defined, the causes and
consequences of neglect, young people's views, and what
professionals can do. Based on original research, the book
establishes an evidence base and considers the implications for
policy and practice. The concluding chapter sets out a
practice-based framework for recognizing and working with
adolescent neglect. Each chapter includes reflection points to
stimulate thinking on key issues. This will be essential reading
for all those who work with young people, particularly those in
social work, health services and education, as well as academics,
policymakers and students in these fields.
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