The Other 23 Hours: Child Care Work with Emotionally Disturbed Children in a Therapeutic Milieu

by Larry K. Brendtro, Albert E. Trieschman, James K. Whittaker

Book Overview

Among other revolutionary developments of today's world is tie so-called "knowledge explosion." So much is being written so fast about so many things that it is becoming well nigh ir­retrievable. One consequently can never be sure that he knows what there is to know about many kinds of phenomena or types of problems existing in the modern world due to the chance that something exists in written form that simply cannot be found, so bulky is the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0202260860
• ISBN13: 9780202260860
• Release Date: December 1962
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

MSSA, LISW

This is a classic text for child and youth care proffessionals. The book provides both the new and established milieu staff with the skills needed to provide a healthy and productive "other 23 hours outside the therapy meeting." This book should be required reading for all people who work with children. The central theme is to provide a milieu (an enviorment rich in theraputic exchanges) that meet the developmental needs of troubled children. Every chapter proivdes practical activities and methods. This is the type of book you need to read every year to refresh your mission. Every time you read this book, you will learn a new "gem." It is the best book ever written about the management of troubled child.