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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778327403321

Autore

Smith Mark

Titolo

Rethinking residential child care : positive perspectives / / Mark Smith [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol ; Portland, OR : , : Policy Press, , 2009

ISBN

1-4473-0326-1

1-282-26368-4

9786612263682

1-84742-115-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 209 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

363.73/20941

Soggetti

Children - Institutional care - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Jan 2022).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

RETHINKING RESIDENTIALCHILD CARE; Contents; Foreword; Introduction; 1. The context of care; 2. History; 3. Inquiries and their impact; 4. Trends and policy directions; 5. Theorising residential child care; 6. The residential environment; 7. Assessment, care planning and programming; 8. Working at the boundaries:the personal-professional relationship; 9. Residential child care in a continuum of care; 10. Other traditions of practice; 11. Conclusion: rethinking residential child care; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The book provides a broad and critical look at policy and practice in residential child care and the ideas that have shaped the development of the sector.