Developmental Perspective for Child and Youth Care Work (From Perspectives in Professional Child and Youth Care, P 7-24, 1990, James P. Anglin, et. al., ed. -- See NCJ-125552)

• NCJ Number: 125553
• Author(s): H W Maier
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 18 pages
• Sale Source: Haworth Press, Inc
• Publication Type: Research (Applied/Empirical)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Child and youth care work is presented from a developmental perspective that appraises what is happening in an individual's life. A change in interpersonal interactions and environmental alterations can change what is happening in order that children and youth can experience integrative growth in their development toward adulthood.

Abstract

Areas of developmental knowledge directly applied to child and youth care work are: (1) attachment formation and "beginnings" early or later in life; (2) rhythmicity as the underpinning for the mutuality of personal interactions; (3) transitional objects and how they are utilized in facing new life situations; (4) trial-and-error learning as a fundamental learning mode; and (5) personal value acquisition. A developmental perspective is advocated because it deals with the very questions that engage child and youth care workers in their daily work and is suitable because of its rich resources of immediately applicable knowledge and empirically verifiable research. 3 notes, 27 references. (Author abstract modified)