Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines current research and innovative practice and addresses the key questions: how does it work, what are its critical “active ingredients” and does it represent value for money? The book covers a ...

How did a peddler of phony degrees who claimed to be a world famous bishop build a network of contacts that led to the assassinations of JFK, MLK, and RFK? Beyond that central question, what does this foray into the bizarre and esoteric say about our current state of religion and democracy? Through the life and world of Earl Anglin James, we explore the deep inner workings of religion and intelligence, revealing connections and relationships that were established long before Dallas, 1963, ...

Here are the information, ideas, and inspiration that will help child care workers in their daily struggle to provide better care for children, youth, and families. Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care is a much-needed sourcebook of readings on the current state of the art of professional child and youth care in North America. Some of the leading practitioners, academicians, researchers, and administrators provide a “child care perspective,” writing about what they--on the fro...

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 dayresponding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents. It combines participant observations, transcribed intervie...