Residential child care prospects and challenges (Jessica Kingsley, 2008)
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Introduction: Residential child care / Andrew Kendrick -- Could do better! Supporting the education of looked-after children / Joe Francis -- The health of looked-after children in residential care / Jane Scott, Harriet Ward, Malcolm Hill -- Mental health and children and young people in residential care / Michael van Beinum -- The concept of resilience : messages for residential child care / Brigid Daniel -- Young people leaving residential care : experiences and outcomes / Jo Dixon -- Gender matters in residential child care / Teresa O'Neill -- Disabled children in residential settings / Kirsten Stalker -- Black and minority ethnic children and young people in residential care / Andrew Kendrick -- Prioritising young people's concerns in residential care : responding to peer violence / Christine Barter -- Hold on : physical restraint in residential child care / Laura Steckley, Andrew Kendrick -- Blurring the boundaries : the relationship between secure accommodation and 'alternatives' in Scotland / Aileen Barclay, Lynne Hunter -- Children's voices, children's rights / Ruth Emond -- Therapeutic approaches in residential child care / Irene Stevens, Judy Furnivall -- Staffing, training and recruitment : outcomes for young people in residential care in three countries / Claire Cameron, Janet Boddy -- Leadership, structure and culture in residential child care / Roger Bullock