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.
Table of Contents
List of ContributorsForeword. Harriet WardPART 1 IntroductionCHAPTER 1. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Cross-National Perspective. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid JamesCHAPTER 2. Residential Care Across Jurisdictions: Understanding Context and Comparing Data. June ThoburnCHAPTER 3. A Cross-National Comparison of Residential Care: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations. Sigrid JamesPART 2 Anglo-American ExemplarsCHAPTER 4. Residential Care for Children and Youth in England. Lisa Holmes, David Berridge and June ThoburnCHAPTER 5. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Scotland: Keeping the Promise? Dan Johnson and Laura SteckleyCHAPTER 6. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Canada: Making Sense of the Mosaic. James P. Anglin, Marie Saint-Girons and Nico TrocmeCHAPTER 7. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the United States. Bethany R. Lee and Christopher BellonciCHAPTER 8. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Ireland. Robbie GilliganPART 3 A View from the Field: Anglo-American Promising PracticesEditor's introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid JamesCHAPTER 9. Innovation and Impact in Residential Services: North Yorkshire County Council's "No Wrong Door®" Program. Janice NicholsonCHAPTER 10. The CARE Program Model. Martha J. Holden, Deborah E. Sellers and Elliott G. SmithCHAPTER 11. A Review of the Teaching Family Model/Boys Town Family Home Program. Daniel L. Daly and Ron ThompsonCHAPTER 12. Harnessing the Power of Families in Residential Child and Youth Care: Innovations in Operationalizing Family Driven Care in U.S. Residential Settings. Millie SweeneyPART 4 Continental European ExemplarsCHAPTER 13. The Changing Character of Residential Care for Children and Youth in Spain. Amaia Bravo, Eduardo Martín and Jorge F. del ValleCHAPTER 14. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the Netherlands: High Difficulties in Low Lands. Erik J. Knorth and Annemiek T. HarderCHAPTER 15. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Germany: A Participatory Rights-Based Approach. Sigrid James and Juri KilianCHAPTER 16. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Denmark. Mette LaustenCHAPTER 17. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Italy: An Evolving System. Laura Palareti, Cinzia Canali, Alessandra Rigamonti and Laura FormentiCHAPTER 18. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Portugal: A Change as Necessary as Urgent. Maria A. Barbosa Ducharne and Joana SoaresCHAPTER 19. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Finland. Eeva Timonen-KallioCHAPTER 20. Residential Care for Children and Youth in France: A Solid System Facing Major Challenges. Bernadette Tillard and Hélène Join-LambertPART 5 A View from the Field: Continental European Promising PracticesEditors' Introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid JamesCHAPTER 21. PLANEA Program: Equipping young people for transition to adulthood from care. Laura García-Alba and Jorge F. del ValleCHAPTER 22. Creating safe and welcoming residential care placements for LGBTQIA+ youth. Mónica López López, Gerald P. Mallon, and Leo Wieldraaijer-VincentPART 6 Australian, Middle Eastern and Latin American ExemplarsCHAPTER 23. Australian Residential Care: Creating Opportunities for Hope and Healing. Patricia McNamara and Shelley WallCHAPTER 24. Residential Child and Youth Care in Israel: Trends and Directions. Anat Zeira and Emmanuel GrupperCHAPTER 25. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Argentina. Mariana Incarnato and Dana Borzese.PART 7 A View from the Field: Australian, Middle Eastern and Latin American Promising PracticesEditors' Introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid JamesCHAPTER 26. Therapeutic Residential Care in Australia: A New Dawn or More of the Same? Frank Ainsworth and Howard BathCHAPTER 27. The 'New Era' in Victorian Therapeutic Residential Care: A Decade on. Patricia McNamaraCHAPTER 28. Doncel and The Leaving Care Law in Argentina: Supporting Transitions from the Field. Mariana Incarnato and Dana BorzesePART 8 Editor's ConclusionsCHAPTER 29Future Prospects and Challenges for Residential Child Care: Seeking Direction from a Cross-National Analysis. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James