Download or read book Interpreting Residential Life written by James S. Atherton and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-10-13 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1989 Interpreting Residential Life raises questions like – a) what makes residential establishments tick, b) what is going on beneath the surface of the daily routine, c) why is change so difficult to create and even more difficult to sustain, and d) how can residential social workers evaluate their work? James Atherton provides a set of tools to enable residential workers to answer these questions in their own establishments. Simply and directly, he provides a framework which shows how policy and practice relate to each other and reinforce or hinder each other, in crises as well as in routines. He examines the whole residential establishment as a social system, concentrating on daily life within it, and demonstrating how values are implicit in all aspects of practice. He draws on the experiences of residential staff at all levels to uncover the working myths and offers ways of understanding how establishments function and indicates the pathways to change. This is an essential read for students of social work and sociology.

Download or read book Daily Experience a Study of Residential Life for Children and Their Care gives written by Juliet Berry and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Residence Life and the New Student Experience 3rd Edition The First Year Experience Monograph Series written by National Resource Center for The First-Year Experience and Students in Transition and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new technologies, the educational potential of residence halls, social justice as a framework for community development, leadership development and civic engagement, and faculty involvement, along with more practical considerations such as security, staffing, and assessment. New to this edition is a chapter addressing residential programs for new transfer and graduate students. Following a list of tables and figures, a foreword by Mary Stuart Hunter, Tracy L. Skipper, & Sallie Traxler, and an introduction & overview by William J. Zeller, this book is organized into the following chapters: (1) The Role of Residence Life Programs in Recruitment, Transition, and Retention (Mimi Benjamin & Craig M. Chatriand); (2) Student Learning and Development: Applications for First-Year Residence Halls (Brad V. Harmon & Merrily S. Dunn); (3) New Students, Emerging Technologies, Virtual Communities, and the College Residential Experience (Richard Holeton); (4) Living-Learning Programs for First-Year Students (Karen Kurotsuchi Inkelas, Matthew Soldner, & Katalin Szelňyi); (5) Social Justice as a Strategy for Residence Hall Community Development (Mary L. Hummel); (6) Residential Programs Promoting Students' Academic Success (Gene Luna); (7) Faculty Involvement in Residence Halls: Bridging Faculty and Staff Cultures through Residential Learning Communities (Calvin J. Bergman & Aaron M. Brower); (8) Leadership Development and Advising First-Year Student Leaders (Norbert W. Dunkel and Mary Kay Schneider Carodine); (9) Current Staffing Patterns Supporting First-Year Students (Joel Johnson & James Parker); (10) Residence Hall Architectural Design and the First-Year Experience (Bradford L. Angelini); (11) Safety and Security: An Important Element of First-Year Residence Education (James C. Grimm, Jim Day, and Leslie Atchley); (12) Residential Programs for Other New Students: Serving Graduate and Transfer Students (William J. Zeller); (13) Assessing First-Year Residential Programs (Andrew Beckett and John R. Purdie, II); and (14) Concluding Thoughts: Residence Life's Impact on the First-Year Experience Today and in the Future (Beth M. McCuskey). A section about the contributors is included. Individual chapters contain references.

Download or read book Residential Care written by Ronald G. Walton and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-05-19 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Residential Care: A Reader in Current Theory and Practice is a collection of papers that tackles the various issues and concerns in residential care. The title examines the practice and theory in relation to different client groups and models of working. The text first presents papers about the task in residential care, such as criticisms and positive aspects of residential care and the social work task in residential care. In Part II, the selection covers the social work process in residential care. Part III deals with ethical concerns in residential care, while Part IV talks about education and training for residential work. The book will be of great interest to social workers, psychiatrists, psychologists, and teachers.

Download or read book Conduct and Community written by JoCynda Hudson and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With this work, the editors and authors build off the research that indicates living on campus has a positive correlation with college students' success on a variety of metrics, including enrollment, retention, and graduation rates. While numerous aspects of the campus residential experience and their connection to student learning and success has been studied, an examination of the student conduct process is a critical part of the college student residential experience that remains underrepresented in the literature. While practitioners can draw on numerous scholarship options about the broad topic of student conduct, little information exists specifically on the intersection between student conduct and college and university residence halls, and how those dynamics influence the work of residence life professionals and the experience of the students living in the residence halls ... Conduct and Community puts theory into practice by including more than 100 pages of additional resources such as case studies, discussion questions, and more that will help the book serve as a professional development tool. As the editors state, "Readers will not only learn the theoretical underpinnings necessary for effective student conduct processes, but will also get first-hand knowledge from the editors, chapter authors, and resource contributors. These individuals are scholars and practitioners in the fields of student conduct and residence life who understand how to integrate student conduct into on-campus residential communities effectively to maximize student learning, student development, and community accountability." ... The book also offers a holistic view of the value of community and the role of conduct by repeatedly connecting these subjects to an institutions' educational mission as well as institutional goals of inclusion, equity, and social justice. This approach epitomizes the evolving view that the conduct cycle does not begin only when a student violates a rule. Rather, it encompasses the entire student experience. In addition, it considers "conduct" as anything that affects the overall community and, in particular, opposes agreed-upon guidelines. It demonstrates why residence life professionals and conduct officers must understand this intersection and how they must, from day one, strive to establish and nurture a sense of community."--

Download or read book Residential and Boarding Education and Care for Young People written by Ewan W. Anderson and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the latest research and reflecting the national drive towards evidence-based standards, this book offers a model which can be readily applied to training, assessment of standards, inspections, and research and development.

Download or read book Working in Group Care written by Ward, Adrian and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2006-11 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working in group care (ie residential and day services) is a challenging and complex task, demanding great skill, patience, knowledge and understanding. This book explains how best practice can be achieved through the focused and engaged work of individuals and teams who are well supported and managed. Detailed attention is paid to the value of everyday practice and its underlying principles. The book brings together theory, practice and research findings from across the whole field of group care for all user-groups - including health, education and probation settings as well as social work and social care. The first edition was warmly welcomed as 'well organised and accessible ... and a valuable addition to the literature' (British Journal of Social Work). This second edition is updated and expanded, including substantial new material on the concept of 'opportunity led work'. The book will be an essential text for all those involved in residential and day care practice whether as practitioners, students, managers or trainers. It argues strongly for seeing group care as valuable and skilled work and for a holistic understanding of good practice.

Download or read book Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Residential Care for Children and Youth written by Bruce B. Henderson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is residential care 'inherently harmful'? This book argues that this conventional wisdom is wrong and is, itself, harmful to a significant number of children and youth. The presumptive view is based largely on overgeneralizations from research with infants and very young children raised in extremely deprived environments. A careful analysis of the available research supports the use of high-quality residential care as a treatment of choice with certain groups of needy children and youth, not a last resort intervention. The nature of high-quality care is explored through child development theory and research and two empirically supported models of care are described in detail. It will be of interest to all scholars and students of child development, child welfare, youth work, social work and education as well as professionals working within these fields.

Download or read book What Works in Residential Child Care written by Roger Bullock and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2006-12-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book reviews research evidence, drawing on a study of residential services in Wales and a literature review of US and UK findings, and identifies the significant elements that will lead to a successful strategy for residential child care across the UK.

Download or read book Current Catalog written by National Library of Medicine (U.S.) and published by . This book was released on with total page 1728 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.

Download or read book The Road to Hell written by Elizabeth Stanley and published by Auckland University Press. This book was released on 2016-08-22 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1950s to the 1980s, the New Zealand government took more than 100,000 children from experiences of strife, neglect, poverty or family violence and placed them under state care in residential facilities. In homes like Epuni and Kingslea, Kohitere and Allendale, the state took over as parent. The state failed. Within institutions, children faced abysmal conditions, limited education and social isolation. They endured physical, sexual and psychological violence, as well as secure cells, knock-out sedatives and electro-convulsive therapy. This book tells the story of 105 New Zealanders who experienced this mass institutionalisation. Informed by thousands of pages of Child Welfare accounts, letters, health reports, legal statements as well as interviews, Stanley tells the children’s story: growing up in homes characterised by violence and neglect; removal into the State’s ‘care’ network; daily life in the institutions; violence and punishment; and the legacy of this treatment for victims today. The state masqueraded as a good parent, but its violence and negligence made things worse for children. This book is a moving account of the experiences of those placed into state care, and a powerful call for redress and change. It was over and over, it wasn’t just one night, it was many drunken nights, you know the smell of alcohol and stuff like that. I was often beaten . . . I got so used to the beatings that I never used to cry any more . . . I hid under the cot, and every time I knew they were coming I’d have to come out and just be prepared for anything – Ed He said to me ‘You’re going somewhere’. He said it with glee. ‘You’re going somewhere where they know how to treat people like you’. It was like he knew what the place [Hokio] was like and what was in store for me and it gave him a great deal of pleasure. I find that really cruel – Ray . . . I remember looking out the window and said ‘There’s police out there, what’s going on?’ Yeah and they’d come to pick me up, to put me in the girls’ home . . . I was just in shock . . . they wanted to take me. ‘What have I done? . . . The police just took me down to the station...and then the social worker took me from there to Bollard and then I was chucked in the cells. – Nanette

Download or read book The Residential Community written by Howard Jones and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-21 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1970s residential care was usually seen by social workers as a regrettable necessity, to be used only as a last resort. So the important contribution it made to social wellbeing was not explored, and it remained the Cinderella of social work for resources, status and training. Originally published in 1979, Howard Jones counters this negative attitude by asking what role residential care in its various forms should play. He sees the regime as the key to the understanding of that role, and group work as the social work method on which it should be based. Among the topics dealt with in The Residential Community are regime-planning, staffing, selection for residential care, the dynamics of interpersonal relationships in the institution, relationships with neighbours and the relatives of inmates, and the rational planning of daily programmes so that they become not merely pastimes, but an active contribution towards the realisation of institutional aims. Some current controversies in social work are taken up, in so far as they are relevant to residential care, in particular the nature of the implicit contract between residents and staff, and the related question of whether residential social workers should attempt to ‘change’ their clients.

Download or read book Daily Experience in Residential Life written by Juliet Berry and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Criminology written by Ian Taylor and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-11 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major contribution to criminology in which Taylor, Walton and Young provide a framework for a fully social theory of crime.

Download or read book Qualitative Research and Evaluation in Group Care written by Rivka Anne Eisikovits and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this informative volume, a selection of qualitative studies on group care serves to illuminate the intricacies of life in group care environments. The high quality contributions illustrate the variety of styles in qualitative research as well as the social functions it can play--from factual description to social warning.

Download or read book Loving Hating and Survival written by Andrew Hardwick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-07-23 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, Living in the Global Society reflects on the fundamental concept of global economy as the driving force for development, and examines how ethical values can direct this towards the welfare of humankind in a future where peace will reign. The contributions stem from an international conference held in Rome on ‘Economic Growth, for What Kind of Future?’. The book examines four main themes: development and underdevelopment; globalization in the fields of economics, finance, trade, migration and culture; the shape of the world to come through management of resources and goods; and finally the challenge of globalization moving from fragmentation towards social growth based on cooperation and integration. It is suggested that only a civil society that is also developed at an international level can provide the basis for a true global democracy and true peace. This book asks, how far are we along the path towards its creation?

Download or read book Trans Policies Experiences in Housing Residence Life written by Jason C. Garvey and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-03 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Co-published with What are the institutional politics associated with fostering trans* inclusive policies? When formalizing a policy, what unanticipated challenges may emerge? How are students, particularly trans* students, influenced by the implementation of gender-inclusive housing practices and policies? Also, what are campus administrators and practitioners learning from their involvement with the development of trans* work on campus? Housing and Residence Life (HRL) plays an important role in the safety, well-being, and sense of belonging for college students, but gender-inclusive policies and practices in HRL are largely under-explored in student affairs and higher education publications. There are five key objectives that guide this book: 1. To promote and challenge student affairs and higher education staff knowledge about trans* students’ identities and experiences; 2. To support and celebrate the accomplishments of educators and professionals in their strides to promote trans* inclusive policies and practices;3. To highlight the unique role that housing and residence life plays in creating institutional change and serving trans* student populations;4. To demonstrate the value and use of scholarly personal narratives, particularly for narrating experiences related to implementing trans* inclusive policies in housing and residence life; and5. To create a strong partnership between scholarship and student affairs practice by developing an avenue for practitioner-scholars to publish their experiences related to gender-inclusive policies in housing and residence life and for others to use these stories to improve their practice. Administrators, educators, and student affairs staff will find this book useful at any stage in the process of creating gender- inclusive housing policies on their campuses.