Learn what children living in group homes need most Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for Children and Youth presents the results of a 14-month study of 10 staffed group homes in British Columbia. The book uses grounded theory to construct a theoretical model that speaks to the primary challenge care workers face each day responding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents. It combines participant observations, transcribed interviews, and document analysis to develop a core theme of congruence, several major psychosocial processes, and 11...

Anglin (School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, Canada) presents the results a 14-month study of 10 staffed group homes in British Columbia and offers a theoretical model that speaks to the challenge of responding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents of these homes. He review

An enlightening discussion of the major issues related to the prevention and treatment of adolescent substance abuse. Information-packed chapters lend a new perspective to the field and suggest implications for practice in services for youth.