residential care

Residential care includes out-of-home placement in a facility such as a group home or treatment centre. Residential care is provided for children who are experiencing problems, including behavioural and adjustment, and cannot function in a family setting.

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Addressing the Effects of Child Maltreatment through the Lens of Domestic Violence

Lawson, Ann
Gardiner, Susan
MacLaurin, Bruce
Johansson, Bjorn

2006
A Comparative Study of Parental Sensitivity Between Three Groups of Adolescent Mothers

Paquette, Daniel
Zoccolillo, Mark
Bigras, Marc
Labelle, Marie-Ève
Azar, Rima
Emery, Jacinthe

2004
Children in Care in Canada: A summary of current issues and trends with recommendations for future research

Farris-Manning, Cheryl
Zandstra, Marietta

2003
Guidelines in Child and Youth Care Family Work: A Case Story

Charles, Grant
Charles, Holly

2003
Treatment of Choice or a Last Resort? A Review of Residential Mental Health Placements for Children and Youth

Frensch, Karen M.
Cameron, Gary

2002
The Social Construction of Resilience Among Problem Youth In Out-Of-Home Placement: A Study of Health-Enhancing Deviance

Ungar, Michael

2001
Standards for Staffed Children's Residential Services Provided Under the Child, Family and Community Service Act 1998

Standards for Staffed Children's Residential Services Committee: 

  • Federation of Child and Family Services of British Columbia
  • Child and Youth Care Association of British Columbia
  • Federation of British Columbia Youth In Care Networks
  • British Columbia Federation of Foster Parent Associations
  • Provincial Association of Residential Community Alternatives
1998