“Who has my back?”: Social convoys and loneliness in Slovenian adolescents living in residential youth care group homes

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nika Kristan ◽  
Mateja Marovič ◽  
Tina Kavčič
Keyword(s):  
Group Homes ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Residential Youth Care

scholarly journals Feeling Better: Experiences and Needs of Adolescents and Professionals Regarding Their Mentoring Relationship in Residential Youth Care

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemiek T. Harder ◽  
Annika Eenshuistra ◽  
Erik J. Knorth
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Group Care ◽  
Mentoring Relationships ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Specific Method ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Support Tool ◽  
Mentoring Relationship ◽  
Care Workers

Abstract Background In residential youth care, group care workers and teachers often serve as a mentor for individual adolescents. Although favorable mentoring relationships are associated with positive adolescent outcomes, few studies examined the role of mentoring in residential youth care. Objective The present study aims to assess adolescents’, care workers’ and teachers’ mentoring relationship needs in terms of their one-on-one conversations during residential care. Methods We conducted structured interviews with eleven adolescents, ten group care workers and two teachers and content analysis to assess the data Results All respondents are rather satisfied with their conversations, which are often concerned with how the adolescent is doing. Adolescents mostly consider their family and home-situation as difficult topics, while care workers mostly consider sexuality as a difficult topic to talk about. Although ‘improvement’ with the youth is often the aim, most adolescents report that they do not (know if they) show changes because of these conversations. Moreover, only one of the twelve professionals thinks that it is his core task to achieve behavior change with the adolescents. According to the professionals, conversations often aim at building a good relationship, coaching, determining treatment goals, and gaining insight into the adolescent. Adolescents prefer a mentor who is calm, has respect, listens, and is reluctant in giving advice. Most professionals do not use a specific method and doubt whether they want to have conversations according to a manual or support tool. Conclusions Despite being rather satisfied, adolescents and professionals indicate several points for improvement of one-on-one conversations.

Individualized behavioral change of externalizing and internalizing problems and predicting factors in residential youth care.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steffi W. M. Gevers ◽  
Evelien A. P. Poelen ◽  
Ron H. J. Scholte ◽  
Roy Otten ◽  
Renske Koordeman
Keyword(s):  
Internalizing Problems ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Predicting Factors ◽  
Externalizing And Internalizing Problems

scholarly journals Securing the Downside Up: Client and Care Factors Associated with Outcomes of Secure Residential Youth Care

2011 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 259-276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annemiek T. Harder ◽  
Erik J. Knorth ◽  
Margrite E. Kalverboer
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Secure Residential Youth Care

City Kids in the Wilderness: A Pilot-Test of Outward Bound for Foster Care Group Home Youth

2001 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Fischer ◽  
E. B. Attah
Keyword(s):  
Foster Care ◽  
Foster Parents ◽  
Group Home ◽  
Group Homes ◽  
Outward Bound ◽  
Care Group ◽  
Pilot Test ◽  
Group Home Care ◽  
Care Workers ◽  
Before And After

Children in urban foster care settings, rarely have the opportunity to participate in adventure-based wilderness experiences, such as Outward Bound. This paper describes the use of a seven-day Outward Bound experience with 23 youth from four foster care group homes in Atlanta, Georgia. The effort examines data collected before and after the program documenting the perspectives of the youth, their foster parents, and their foster care workers in regard to the impacts on the youth. The research highlights the difficulties of evaluating a field-based experience, and provides data that illustrates the potential effects of Outward Bound on youth in group-home care. Further research is needed to fully demonstrate the effects of such efforts and to identify how to best tailor the experience to the needs of youth in urban foster care settings.

“You Shouldn’t Look at Us Strangely”: An Exploratory Study on Personal Perspectives on Quality of Life of Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders in Residential Youth Care

2017 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 867-889 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chris Swerts ◽  
Jessica De Maeyer ◽  
Marco Lombardi ◽  
Inge Waterschoot ◽  
Wouter Vanderplasschen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Emotional And Behavioral Disorders ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Personal Perspectives

scholarly journals Implementation in Residential Youth Care: Providers Perspectives on Effective Leadership Behavior

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
Linda Vaskinn ◽  
Anneli Mellblom ◽  
Pamela M. Waaler ◽  
Oda Skagseth ◽  
Cato Bjørkli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Effective Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Residential Youth Care

scholarly journals Differences between boys and girls in perceived group climate in residential youth care

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 ◽  
pp. 105628
Author(s):  
J. Sonderman ◽  
G.H.P. Van der Helm ◽  
C.H.Z. Kuiper ◽  
J.J. Roest ◽  
D. Van de Mheen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Youth Care ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Residential Youth Care

Developing a positive living group climate in residential youth care: A single case study

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-716 ◽  
Author(s):  
Delphine Levrouw ◽  
Rudi Roose ◽  
Peer van der Helm ◽  
Eefje Strijbosch ◽  
Stijn Vandevelde
Keyword(s):  
Single Case ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Single Case Study ◽  
Group Climate ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Living Group

Group care worker interventions and child problem behavior in residential youth care: Course and bidirectional associations

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 ◽  
pp. 48-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inge L.W. Bastiaanssen ◽  
Marc J.M.H. Delsing ◽  
Gert Kroes ◽  
Rutger C.M.E. Engels ◽  
Jan W. Veerman
Keyword(s):  
Problem Behavior ◽  
Youth Care ◽  
Group Care ◽  
Residential Youth Care ◽  
Child Problem Behavior ◽  
Bidirectional Associations ◽  
Group Care Worker ◽  
Care Worker ◽  
Care Course
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