232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Acknowledgements General Editor’s Foreword Introduction 1. Systems Thinking 2. Communication in the Residential Setting 3. The Residential Establishment as a Self-Regulating System 4. Hierarchy of Concerns in Residential Establishments 5. Of Sisyphus and Snowballs 6. The Working Myth 7. More about Myths 8. Of Skeletons and Shells 9. Across the Boundaries 10. Application and Change Bibliography Index
Biography
James S. Atherton
