Today Sam had a melt down. He broke several windows in our beautiful new school, and he trashed the library. Throughout the agency...
Training and Thinking
Yesterday we did a training for fifteen people from the Andrus Center in Yonkers, New York (http://www.andruschildren.org/). It was...
How Should We Respond to Harmful Actions?
If we are not using time-based restrictions, isolation, and loss of privileges when the child acts out, what should we do?When children...
What's Wrong with Points and Levels?
Almost all group treatment programs for children use points and level systems. These systems started as a good thing, an attempt...
Use of Self
The use of self is central to a relationship based approach. Staff and therapists speak from their hearts. Instead of saying "If...
Theory of Change
In creating this new approach to treatment, we had to consider our theory of change. Why do people change? What helps us to change...
Restorative Approach (sm)
I am a social worker who is currently a Vice President of a large child welfare agency in New Britain, CT. Klingberg Family Centers...
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