Full Description
Revitalizing Residential Care for Children and Youth: Cross-National Trends and Challenges addresses the question of how societies with developed welfare and social service systems assess current needs and future directions in their residential child and youth care sectors. This includes dealing with historical concerns raised about the placement of children and youth in residential care settings, as well as identifying innovative strategies which offer new pathways for the integration of this often neglected sector of service within the broader area of child welfare. Each of the sixteen countries selected for inclusion is examined through a common matrix including the current policy context, key trends and initiatives, characteristics of children and youth served, preparation of residential care personnel, promising programmatic innovations, and present strengths and challenges. Individual country analyses are supplemented by regional exemplars of innovative residential programs and practice in areas such as family engagement, helping youth with the transition from care to community, promising model programs and reflections on recent policy reform initiatives. In addition to take-aways from each country, the book's closing chapter identifies specific implications for policy reform, empirical research and residential program innovation. What sets this book apart is its systematic cross-national appraisal of residential care for children and youth with an eye toward identifying innovative policies and practices undergirded by research. In so doing, it offers a unique contribution to the international child welfare literature.
Contents
List of Contributors
Foreword. Harriet Ward
PART 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Cross-National Perspective. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James
CHAPTER 2. Residential Care Across Jurisdictions: Understanding Context and Comparing Data. June Thoburn
CHAPTER 3. A Cross-National Comparison of Residential Care: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations. Sigrid James
PART 2 Anglo-American Exemplars
CHAPTER 4. Residential Care for Children and Youth in England. Lisa Holmes, David Berridge and June Thoburn
CHAPTER 5. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Scotland: Keeping the Promise? Dan Johnson and Laura Steckley
CHAPTER 6. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Canada: Making Sense of the Mosaic. James P. Anglin, Marie Saint-Girons and Nico Trocme
CHAPTER 7. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the United States. Bethany R. Lee and Christopher Bellonci
CHAPTER 8. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Ireland. Robbie Gilligan
PART 3 A View from the Field: Anglo-American Promising Practices
Editor's introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James
CHAPTER 9. Innovation and Impact in Residential Services: North Yorkshire County Council's
