1st Edition

Treating Children in Out-of-Home Placements

By Marvin Rosen Copyright 1999
198 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

198 Pages
by Routledge

If you’re in the market for a detailed, pragmatic knowledge base for dealing with discipline, relationships with regulatory and funding agencies, and staff training, you’ll find all you need and more in Treating Children in Out-of-Home Placements. This unique and insightful volume gives you the information you need to successfully manage quality assessment and improvement in out-of-home... Read more
Contents,Foreword
  • Preface
  • Child Saving in America
  • Orphanages
  • Families
  • Residential Programs
  • Criticism
  • Foster Care
  • Characteristics and Needs of Foster Children
  • Characteristics and Needs of Foster Families
  • Effectiveness of Foster Care
  • System Needs
  • Foster Kids Don’t Say “Thank You”
  • Foster Care Agencies
  • Diagnosing Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
  • Depression and Suicide
  • Ego Disturbance
  • Attachment and Attachment Disorders
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Family Assessment
  • The Concept of the “Moral Imbecile”
  • Origins of Genetic Concept
  • Recognition of Other Determinants
  • The New Genetics
  • Agents of Change
  • The Direct Care Position
  • Training
  • New Concepts
  • Adolescence, Violence, and Abuse
  • Adolescent Psychopathology: A Developmental Perspective
  • Effects of Violence
  • Effects of Abuse
  • Treatment
  • Treating Childhood Emotional Disorders
  • Early Approaches
  • Contemporary Approaches
  • Residential Treatment
  • Effectiveness of Treatment Models
  • A Cognitive Therapy Approach
  • Treatment Issues
  • Cognitive Therapy
  • Teaching Values
  • The Relevance of Values
  • Developmental Stages
  • Two Values for Study
  • Moral Training
  • Accessing Families
  • Defining Counseling
  • Structuring a Counseling Relationship
  • Characteristics of Families
  • Giving Medications
  • Background
  • Biological Bases of Behavior
  • Classes of Medications
  • Criticism
  • Effectiveness of Psychotropics with Children
  • Building for the Future--Wanted: A Blueprint for Change
  • Recapitulation
  • Defining Treatment
  • The Need for a Conceptual Model
  • A Treatment Model
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Biography

Marvin Rosen