| Description |
1 online resource (208 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Original Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1. Historical and Contemporary Issues in Residential Care for Children and Youth; Chapter 2. The Staffed Group Home Study: Research Method and Implementation; Chapter 3. A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Group Home Life and Work; Chapter 4. Congruence in Service of the Children's Best Interests: The Central Theme of Group Home Life and Work; Chapter 5. Creating an Extrafamilial Living Environment: The Overall Task of a Group Home |
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Chapter 6. Responding to Pain and Pain-Based Behavior: The Major Challenge for StaffChapter 7. Developing a Sense of Normality: The Primary Goal for Residents; Chapter 8. Through the Lens of the Theoretical Framework: A Review of Selected Residential Child and Youth Care Literature; Chapter 9. Implications for New Directions in Child and Youth Care Policy Development, Education, Practice, and Research; References; Index |
| Summary |
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, a |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-173) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Group homes for children -- British Columbia
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Group homes for youth -- British Columbia
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Long-term care facilities.
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Children -- Institutional care.
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Foster children.
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Child care.
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Children -- Health and hygiene.
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Residential Facilities
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Child, Institutionalized
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Child Care
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Skilled Nursing Facilities
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extended care facilities.
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Long-term care facilities
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Foster children
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Children -- Institutional care
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Children -- Health and hygiene
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Child care
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Group homes for children
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Group homes for youth
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Jeugd.
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Residentiële hulpverlening.
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| SUBJECT |
British Columbia |
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British Columbia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317787464 |
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1317787463 |
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