Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People

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Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2003 - Psychology - 336 pages
Tackling 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
SUBJECT INDEX
326
AUTHOR INDEX
335
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About the author (2003)

Adrian Ward is a senior lecturer in Social Work at the University of East Anglia and an experienced practitioner, teacher and writer. He is Editor of the journal Therapeutic Communities, and founded the MA in Therapeutic Child Care at the University of Reading. Kajetan Kasinski is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist and a family therapist. He currently works at the Northgate Clinic and as a visiting teacher at the Tavistock Clinic. Jane Pooley is an organisational consultant and family psychotherapist at the Tavistock Consultancy Service and in private practice. She has worked as Director of the Charterhouse Group. She has worked for many years as a clinician and manager in health and social care settings. Alan Worthington is a professional consultant of the Peper Harow Foundation. He is an experienced teacher, practitioner and manager. From 1985-1994 he was the first Director of Thornby Hall, a therapeutic community and special school for children and adolescents in Northamptonshire.

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