Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young PeopleTackling the difficult issues facing those who work with traumatized and sometimes dangerous young people and their families, this new volume shows how professionals can bring about positive change and growth through the creation of "holding" and healing therapeutic environments. This collection of papers written by established and respected experts with extensive practice and research experience builds a powerful picture of the theory and practice of therapeutic community work with young people. A wide variety of therapeutic community approaches is considered alongside an analysis of the implications of this model for mainstream residential practice. Social work, health care and education professionals will find the text invaluable for its presentation of a well-founded analysis of their work with these most damaged and desperate children and young people. |
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 8 |
3 | 24 |
and Influences | 43 |
4 | 59 |
and the Caring Environment | 65 |
5 | 82 |
Opportunity Led Work | 119 |
The Meaning of Good Experience | 133 |
Consultation and Supervision | 220 |
Staff Development and Training | 233 |
The Challenge of Research | 244 |
6 | 252 |
Applying the Therapeutic Community Model | 259 |
Therapeutic Childcare and the Local Authority | 277 |
Developing Community Groupwork in a Secure Setting | 290 |
Conclusion | 301 |
Relationships and the Therapeutic Setting | 148 |
The Space to Think | 161 |
Developing the Quality of Teaching and Learning | 174 |
Keeping Families in Mind | 187 |
Introduction | 202 |
KEY PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM | 309 |
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