Grounded in extensive outcome research, this comprehensive textbook emphasizes outcomes management and effective therapeutic practices. It explores four foundational principles: a strengths-based framework, collaborative practice, clinician effectiveness, and the importance of routine, outcome-oriented clinical work. Suitable for various settings and models, the text serves as a vital resource for understanding and implementing competent therapeutic strategies.
A Strengths-Based Approach
Focusing on a strengths-based approach, this book serves as a guide for professionals working with children and adolescents in residential care. It emphasizes the importance of recognizing the strengths and abilities of young people throughout their treatment journey. Key topics include effective youth care principles, personal philosophy, positive youth development, teamwork, and crisis management. By incorporating the perspectives of youth, the book aims to enhance the quality of services provided to clients in out-of-home placements.
Solution-Oriented Exercises for Working With Parents, Children, and Adolescents
Featuring practical exercises, this resource equips therapists with creative tools to engage effectively with families, including parents, adolescents, and children. The second edition enhances its usability, making it a valuable guide for fostering therapeutic relationships and addressing family dynamics.
The book highlights a significant gap in professional literature regarding the needs of Youth Care Workers, despite the widespread availability of Youth and Family Services. It addresses the challenges faced by frontline workers in various settings, including residential programs and social service organizations. This absence of resources is a concern not only for current practitioners but also for those training for careers in this vital field, emphasizing the need for comprehensive support and guidance in their roles.
Professionals who work with children and adolescents in residential facilities will benefit from the several approaches explained in the second edition of The Residential Youth Care Worker in Action, all of which can be used to positively impact the lives of their clients. It contains handouts and diagrams that can be reproduced and used in various programs and teaches youth care workers to administer psychotropic medications, understand psychiatric labels, handle crises and staffing, and give accurate assessments. The author emphasizes the strengths and abilities of young people from the assessment phase of treatment through discharge, and helps readers to take into account the views and actions of youths in order to offer clients appropriate services. This new edition includes a new chapter on strengths-based organizations, updated forms and case examples, and new sections in each of the original eight chapters.
Focusing on the need for quick and effective results, this book emphasizes the importance of flexibility in therapeutic approaches, allowing clients to lead their own change while maintaining a strong therapeutic alliance. Bertolino offers practical techniques and principles, supplemented by question-and-answer segments and real case examples, to illustrate the dynamics of change-oriented therapy. By integrating and revising existing theories, this work aims to transform the therapeutic experience for both practitioners and clients.