Unconditional Care : Relationship-Based, Behavioral Intervention with Vulnerable Children and Families

Sprinson, John S., Berrick, Ken

ISBN 10: 0199733031 / ISBN 13: 9780199733033

Published by Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2010

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Seller Inventory # 47556831-20

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Unconditional Care : Relationship-Based, Behavioral Intervention with Vulnerable Children and Families
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0199733031
• ISBN 13: 9780199733033
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 0.882 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

This clinician-friendly guide presents a model for engaging the most challenging children and families who are served by the child welfare, mental health, juvenile justice, and special educations systems. These children are among the most troubled clients that treatment providers will ever encounter. They have been failed by every adult, every treatment modality, and every system of care that they have encountered.

Unconditional Care, a breakthrough guide from the founder and clinical director of California's Seneca Center for Children and Families, offers both a theoretical model and practical guidelines for working with this most difficult group of children. The approach weaves together attachment theory and learning theory into a coherent relationship-based intervention strategy built around a no-fail policy: a child can never be discharged from a program for exhibiting the behaviors that resulted in the placement. Professionals working with these families instead focus on re-building relationships that teach children to secure safe and supportive relationships with caregivers using new behaviors and skills to replace the destructive ones that have, until now, organized their worldview. The concept of unconditional care allows, for the first time, a safe space for youth to reconstruct their perceptions of themselves and those who care for them.

Rich case examples, quick-reference bullets and boxes, and sample assessment and planning worksheets make this a handy clinical reference and training tool for mental health and child welfare professionals.

About the Author

John S. Sprinson, PhD, is Clinical Director of Seneca Center for Children.

Ken Berrick is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Seneca Center for Children.