| Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People Contributor(s): Ward, Adrian Ed (Author) |
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ISBN: 1843100967 ISBN-13: 9781843100966 Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, Ltd OUR PRICE: $42.70 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2004 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Psychology | Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent |
| Dewey: 362.732 |
| Series: Community, Culture and Change |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.05 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Ward, Adrian: - Adrian Ward works is the Programme Director of the qualifying MA in Social Work at the Tavistock Centre, London. His background is in residential child care and he has written extensively about residential care, group care and therapeutic approaches to social work, and co-edited several books in this field; he was editor of the journal Therapeutic Communities from 1999 to 2005. |