Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People (Therapeutic Communities, 10)

Therapeutic Communities for Children and Young People......Page 5
Contents......Page 7
Acknowledgements......Page 10
1 Introduction......Page 11
Part I Ideas and Origins......Page 19
Introduction......Page 21
2 The Core Framework......Page 23
3 The Roots of the Work:Definitions,Origins and Influences......Page 45
4 The Roots of Mental Health:Emotional Development and the Caring Environment......Page 67
5 Group Thinking......Page 84
6 The Contribution of Systemic Thinking and Practice......Page 101
Part II Practice......Page 117
Introduction: ‘Where’s the therapy?’......Page 119
7 Using Everyday Life:Opportunity Led Work......Page 121
8 The Meaning of Good Experience......Page 135
9 Relationships and the Therapeutic Setting......Page 150
10 Structured Work:The Space to Think......Page 163
11 Developing the Quality of Teaching and Learning in a Therapeutic School......Page 176
12 Keeping Families in Mind......Page 189
Part III Management and Development......Page 203
Introduction......Page 205
13 Leadership in a Therapeutic Environment: ‘What a Long Strange Trip it is ’......Page 207
14 Consultation and Supervision......Page 222
15 Staff Development and Training......Page 235
16 The Challenge of Research......Page 246
Part IV Applications and the Future......Page 257
Introduction......Page 259
17 Applying the Therapeutic Community Model in Other Settings......Page 261
18 Therapeutic Childcare and the Local Authority......Page 279
19 Developing Community Groupwork in a Secure Setting......Page 292
Conclusion......Page 305
20 Review,Reflection and Reading......Page 307
Key Professional Organisations in the United Kingdom......Page 311
Editor and Contributor Biographies......Page 313
References......Page 316
Subject Index......Page 328
Author Index......Page 337