Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care

Abstract

Contents Foreword * Introduction * Section 1: The Nature of Child and Youth Care * A Developmental Perspective for Child and Youth Care Work * Growing Together: The Personal Relationship in Child and Youth Care * Section 2: Therapeutic Program Issues * Residential Group Care as a Socializing Environment: Toward a Broader Perspective * Therapeutic Programming and Activities: Transitional Tools in the Treatment Process * Development of a New Approach to Emotionally Deprived Children and Youth * Youth Workers in the Courts * The Therapeutic Potential of Emergency Shelters * Competency, Relevance and Empowerment: A Case for the Restructuring of Children's Programs * Section 3: Key Support Functions in Child and Youth Care Programs * Promoting Professional Teamwork * Child Care Supervision: The Neglected Skill of Evaluation * The Application of Learning Style Research in the Supervisory Process * The Role of the Administrator in Effective Program Delivery * Section 4: Developing Professionalism * Professionalizing Child and Youth Care: An Overview * Professionalism and the Child Care Field: What Model? * Professionalizing Day Care * Developing the Child and Youth Care Profession Through Effective Use of the Media * Section 5: Current Issues in Education and Training * Applied Ethics: Educating Professional Child and Youth Workers in Competent Caring Through Self Apprenticeship Training * Worlds Apart?: Integrating Research and Practice in Professional Child and Youth Care Training * Transforming Perspectives in Child and Youth Care Education * Child and Youth Care Education for the Culturally Different Student: A Native People's Example * Distance Education: Catch the Wave * The Transition From Student to Practitioner in Child and Youth Care * Section 6: The Changing Work Environment and New Roles for Child and Youth Workers * Modern Times: Trends in the Context of Work Suggesting Future Roles for Child and Youth Workers * Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Residential Youthwork: The French Educateur and the American Child Care Worker * Taxonomy and Treatment: The Role of the Scientist Practitioner in Child and Youth Care * From Two Years to Two Generations: Expanded Career Options in Direct Child and Youth Care Practice * 2000 and Beyond: Future Career Directions for Child and Youth Care Professionals