Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence (CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES)

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 day—responding 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 study—conducted during a time of heightened sensitivity to the rights of children and increased emphasis on accountability and outcome measurement—reveals a core theme of congruence, focusing on consistency, reciprocity, and coherence. The book examines the major elements of this theme, including: 
<ul>
<li> creating an extra-familial living environment </li>
<li> developing a sense of normality </li>
<li> listening and responding with respect </li>
<li> establishing a structure, routine, and expectations </li>
<li> offering emotional and developmental support </li>
<li> respecting personal space and time </li>
<li> discovering potential </li>
<li> communicating a framework for understanding </li>
<li> and much more!</li>
</ul> 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.

Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for Children and Youth (CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES)

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Anglin, James P

Mental Health

Routledge

Anglin, James P P.

Parenting & Relationships

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.

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care (Child & Youth Services Series)

Beker, Jerome

Implementing Therapeutic Residential Care with Children and Adolescents: Translating Research into Practice

Implementing Therapeutic Residential Care with Children and Adolescents presents a foundation framework for well-functioning residential care, and outlines the process of therapeutic care program implementation. It is written for anyone involved in seeking to provide or support good residential practice, one that works in the best interests of children and adolescents in the contexts of their families and communities. The framework of the book is geared towards those working at various levels in the child welfare system, from direct care to policy formulation, and incorporates quantitative outcome measures and qualitative data gathered over three years and across eight intervention sites. Specific examples and illustrations connect the conceptual ideas and considerations with day-to-day activities for staff, and it examines the adult mindset development in relation to how agencies can promote a “child’s best interest” culture. This book is also an ideal resource for learning strategies to engage politicians, policy makers, and the media.

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.

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care (Prevention in Human Services Series)

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Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for Children and Youth (CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES)

Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence (CHILD & YOUTH SERVICES)

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care (Child & Youth Services Series)

Implementing Therapeutic Residential Care with Children and Adolescents: Translating Research into Practice

Implementing Therapeutic Residential Care with Children and Adolescents: Translating Research into Practice

Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care (Prevention in Human Services Series)