Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Historical and Contemporary Issues in Residential Care for Children and Youth Chapter 2. The Staffed Group Home Study: Research Method and Implementation Chapter 3. A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Group Home Life and Work Chapter 4. Congruence in Service of the Children's Best Interests: The Central Theme of Group Home Life and Work Chapter 5. Creating an Extrafamilial Living Environment: The Overall Task of a Group Home Chapter 6. Responding to Pain and Pain-Based Behaviour: The Major Challenge for Staff Chapter 7. Developing a Sense of Normality: The Primary Goal for Residents Chapter 8. Through the Lens of the Theoretical Framework: A Review of Selected Residential Child and Youth Care Literature Chapter 9. Implications for New Directions in Child and Youth Care Policy Development, Education, Practice, and Research References Index