{"product_id":"pain-normality-and-the-struggle-for-congruence-9780789021410","title":"Pain Normality and the Struggle for Congruence","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLearn what children living in group homes need most!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Reinterpreting Residential Care for Children and Youth presents the results of a 14-month study of 10 staffed group homes in British Columbia. The book uses grounded theory to construct a theoretical model that speaks to the primary challenge care workers face each day—responding to pain and pain-based behavior in residents. It combines participant observations, transcribed interviews, and document analysis to develop a core theme of congruence, several major psychosocial processes, and 11 interactional dynamics identified as being fundamental to group home life. The study brings to light several neglected aspects of residential care and proposes new directions in policy development, education, practice, and research to create an integrated and accessible framework for understanding group home life for youths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Pain, Normality, and the Struggle for Congruence: Rei\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Foreword \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Introduction \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Historical and Contemporary Issues in Residential Care for Children and Youth \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. The Staffed Group Home Study: Research Method and Implementation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Group Home Life and Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Congruence in Service of the Children’s Best Interests: The Central Theme of Group Home Life and Work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. Creating an Extrafamilial Living Environment: The Overall Task of a Group Home \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Responding to Pain and Pain-Based Behaviour: The Major Challenge for Staff \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. Developing a Sense of Normality: The Primary Goal for Residents \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. Through the Lens of the Theoretical Framework: A Review of Selected Residential Child and Youth Care Literature \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. Implications for New Directions in Child and Youth Care Policy Development, Education, Practice, and Research \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e References \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018444669271,"sku":"9780789021410","price":34.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789021410.jpg?v=1750776914","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/pain-normality-and-the-struggle-for-congruence-9780789021410","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}