Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People: A Model for Good Management and Practice / Edition 1

by Ewan Anderson

Overview

This innovative book identifies the key elements of good management and practice common to all residential child care settings - whether hospital unit, boarding school, children's home, special school or custodial care establishment - and important variations between the different settings. Using a model developed under the auspices of the Rowntree Foundation, it provides managers with a coherent framework for understanding the different facets of their role and the outcomes they are aiming to achieve. Major components of the model are:
· the environment
· the legal framework
· developmental issues
· time-related issues.

In each case the salient factors for practice and management are identified and discussed. Good Practice Education and Residential Care of Children offers a model which can be readily applied to training, assessment of standards, inspections, and research and development. Based on the latest research and reflecting the national drive towards evidence-based standards, it will be an invaluable support to managers in training and practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415305549
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/25/2004
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Ewan Anderson is Emeritus Professor at the University of Durham and Honorary Professor in the Social Work and Development Unit, University of York, where he works on residential and boarding education and care. He holds doctorates in geography, politics and residential education and has published fourteen books. He is a former president of the International Federation of Educative Communities (England and Wales branch) and a member of four national standards committees.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Environmental Components 3. Framework Components 4. Developmental Components 5. Time Components 6. The Model and its Applications