Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care

Contents
Foreword

• Introduction
• Section 1: The Nature of Child and Youth Care
• A Developmental Perspective for Child and Youth Care Work
• Growing Together: The Personal Relationship in Child and Youth Care
• Section 2: Therapeutic Program Issues
• Residential Group Care as a Socializing Environment: Toward a Broader Perspective
• Therapeutic Programming and Activities: Transitional Tools in the Treatment Process
• Development of a New Approach to Emotionally Deprived Children and Youth
• Youth Workers in the Courts
• The Therapeutic Potential of Emergency Shelters
• Competency, Relevance and Empowerment: A Case for the Restructuring of Children's Programs
• Section 3: Key Support Functions in Child and Youth Care Programs
• Promoting Professional Teamwork
• Child Care Supervision: The Neglected Skill of Evaluation
• The Application of Learning Style Research in the Supervisory Process
• The Role of the Administrator in Effective Program Delivery
• Section 4: Developing Professionalism
• Professionalizing Child and Youth Care: An Overview
• Professionalism and the Child Care Field: What Model?
• Professionalizing Day Care
• Developing the Child and Youth Care Profession Through Effective Use of the Media
• Section 5: Current Issues in Education and Training
• Applied Ethics: Educating Professional Child and Youth Workers in Competent Caring Through Self Apprenticeship Training
• Worlds Apart?: Integrating Research and Practice in Professional Child and Youth Care Training
• Transforming Perspectives in Child and Youth Care Education
• Child and Youth Care Education for the Culturally Different Student: A Native People's Example
• Distance Education: Catch the Wave
• The Transition From Student to Practitioner in Child and Youth Care
• Section 6: The Changing Work Environment and New Roles for Child and Youth Workers
• Modern Times: Trends in the Context of Work Suggesting Future Roles for Child and Youth Workers
• Cross-Cultural Perspectives in Residential Youthwork: The French Educateur and the American Child Care Worker
• Taxonomy and Treatment: The Role of the Scientist Practitioner in Child and Youth Care
• From Two Years to Two Generations: Expanded Career Options in Direct Child and Youth Care Practice
• 2000 and Beyond: Future Career Directions for Child and Youth Care Professionals