Book Review
Milieu-therapy with Children
Edited by Hans Kornerup
The early chapter on 'The daily life of a milieu-therapist at a
residential treatment home: living and working in the midst of
children' is an excellent introduction to therapeutic child care. I
have already begun to use it at one of the children's homes where I
work as a consultant.
I have gained much from reading this committed, practical and
stimulating book. I strongly recommend it to everyone involved in
direct therapeutic work with children, and with managing and
teaching such work.
John Burton, Independent Social Care Consultant, Standards
for Practice
(Reviewed in Children & Society Vol.24, 167-172,
2010)
The well-developed theoretical base and practice presented here
helps expand our appreciation of the importance and effectiveness
of Residential Child Care as 'therapy in and through the
environment'. Understanding the importance of theory for
Residential Child Care the authors show how we must continually
re-evaluate practice, bringing forwards a heightened conscious
level of reflection that informs the tasks we are arranging,
organizing, sharing and developing tasks with young people.
Such observations made in a different national context from a
group of colleagues working day-today with common elemental
feelings, thoughts and behaviours will expand established English
orthodoxy on Time, Task and Territory and in doing so enhance the
current dialogue that is seeking to connect European and English
theoretical and practical traditions of residential work with young
people.
Jonathan Stanley, Manager, NCERCC
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