How can residential child care - in children's homes and all kinds of residential schools, for short or long periods - change from 'last resort' to a 'positive choice' for young people? Designed to stimulate thinking and debate about the necessary, purposeful and positive possibilities of group care for those who can no longer live at home, this book is organised around their rights...to care as well as within care. Building on messages from Positive Residential Practice (RHP 2000), it provides resources for investigating ...
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How can residential child care - in children's homes and all kinds of residential schools, for short or long periods - change from 'last resort' to a 'positive choice' for young people? Designed to stimulate thinking and debate about the necessary, purposeful and positive possibilities of group care for those who can no longer live at home, this book is organised around their rights...to care as well as within care. Building on messages from Positive Residential Practice (RHP 2000), it provides resources for investigating key aspects of theory and practice. It covers: the policy context; difference and diversity; the voice of children and young people; improving educational attainment; and the dismal state of the secure estate. A section on group care theory and practice explores how staff, under pressure to be 'in control', may miss the significance of the support that young people can offer each other; ...
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 500grams, ISBN: 9781903855751.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9781903855751.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In fair condition, suitable as a study copy. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9781903855751.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has soft covers. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 550grams, ISBN: 9781903855751.
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in good condition but will show signs of previous ownership. Please expect some creasing to the spine and/or minor damage to the cover.
