Description:
A practical text designed to help students learn essential interviewing and counselling skills in common professional Child and Youth Care settings.
Brief description: Patricia Kostouros, BA, CCYCC, MA, R Psych, PhD, is a retired Full Professor at Mount Royal University. Patricia's research areas include gender-based violence, disaster impact on shelters, student wellness, compassion fatigue, and trauma-sensitive teaching. She has published both journal articles and books including Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada, Second Edition, and has been on the Relational Journal of Child and Youth Care Practice editorial board.
Review Quotes:
"This book arrives at just the right moment for those of us teaching in child and youth care pre-service programs. The authors have done a beautiful job of bringing together key foundational frameworks, offering a way to think about how human communication skills are applied while staying grounded in a distinctly child and youth care approach to working with children, youth, and families. As a pre-service educator, I especially appreciate how relevant the examples are-and how thoughtfully they've woven in other essential elements that connect theory and practice."
-Dr. Kelly Shaw, PhD, Faculty Member, Child and Youth Care Diploma Program, Nova Scotia Community College
"Extremely well supported by research and clearly demonstrated using relevant case studies (many from the authors' own practice), the theories, beliefs, and values which guide our practice are thoroughly explicated. This text is a must-read for all who wish to understand the uniqueness of the work that dedicated practitioners are doing in the life space of our clients-'the Other 23 Hours.'"
- Allen D. Ledyit, MSW, Continuing Full-time Instructor, Child and Youth Care Diploma Program, Lethbridge Polytechnique