The second edition of this text, like the first, offers strengths-focused approaches to child and youth mental health in multiple settings. With updated and timely content, the editors have made a commendable commitment to diversity and inclusion throughout. The lived experience of the authors surfaces in the breadth of the issues discussed and the nature of the case studies presented. The settings-based approach to considering child and youth mental health effectively reinforces common issues and the need for plain language with minimal diagnostic labelling. This text provides readers with overarching frameworks, discusses the critical importance of practitioner wellness and the impact of trauma, and highlights the unique concerns for children and practitioners engaged in various settings."—Dr. Carol Stuart, Retired Provost and Vice-President Academic, Vancouver Island University <p>"I highly recommend this timely, relevant, and entirely useful book. Each chapter provides a thorough and accessible analysis of the issues that are its focus and with that also offers clear, workable, and compassionate practice guidelines that are immediately transferable to the everyday lives of child and youth care professionals. These authors have oriented us to the central tenets of ethical practice that are foundational to effective engagement with children, youth, and their families and communities."—Sibylle Artz, Full Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, University of Victoria, and Editor, <em>International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies</em></p><p>"<em>Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada</em> provides a refreshing combination of conceptual, practical, and strengths-focused approaches to helping young people before or after a mental health diagnosis. The editors and authors approach mental health from the perspective of a social and cultural construction, recognizing that a diagnosis is merely a label and is not necessarily accompanied by a 'user's manual' for parents or young people. The authors provide practical suggestions for accommodating and supporting young people toward success. Each chapter provides case studies to pull together the important concepts as well as reflective questions that prompt readers to attend to their own awareness about their relationships with young people struggling with mental health concerns. Readers are encouraged to understand that mental health is not static and that labels are guides, not prescriptions."—Carol Stuart, Interim Provost and Vice-President Academic, Vancouver Island University</p>

Child and Youth Mental Health in Canada, Second Edition is a relationally focused text that offers practical strategies for working with children, youth, and families who may struggle with mental health concerns. This volume discusses notions of mental health through a decolonized lens and weaves together socio-cultural perspectives for understanding mental health diagnoses and associated behaviours.

Written by scholars and professionals in the field, chapters are written from diverse practice-oriented and theoretical frameworks based on the expertise and life experiences of the contributors. Focusing learning through real-world case studies, the chapters present unique perspectives as they probe into specific concerns and complications observed in different settings of front-line practice. These perspectives illuminate setting-appropriate interventions and activities to meet the needs of practitioners and clients, including the unique needs of immigrant, refugee, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQIA+ children, youth, and their families.

Thoroughly updated to include greater focus on decolonization and updates to statistics, data, special studies, and changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, this foundational new edition is well suited for university-and college-level programs in child and youth care, social work, teaching, and human services.

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A relationally focused text that offers practical strategies for working with children, youth, and families who may struggle with mental health concerns. This volume discusses notions of mental health through a decolonized lens and weaves together socio-cultural perspectives for understanding mental health diagnoses and associated behaviours.
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  • Foreword
  • Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Before We Begin: Important Considerations
  • Chapter 2: Practitioner Wellness
  • Chapter 3: Trauma and Attachment
  • Chapter 4: Family Home
  • Chapter 5: Elementary School
  • Chapter 6: Junior High and High School
  • Chapter 7: Recreation and Expressive Therapeutic Interventions
  • Chapter 8: Community-Based Services
  • Chapter 9: Northern and Rural Communities
  • Chapter 10: Residential Care
  • Chapter 11: Secure-Based Services
  • Chapter 12: Youth Homelessness and Shelter Services
  • Chapter 13: Youth Criminal Justice
  • Chapter 14: Youth in Transition
  • Conclusion
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781773383996
Publisert
2024-04-30
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Canadian Scholars
Vekt
272 gr
Aldersnivå
U, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
414

Biografisk notat

Patricia Kostouros is a psychologist and Full Professor in the Department of Child Studies and Social Work at Mount Royal University.

Shemine Alnoor Gulamhusein is an Assistant Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care at the University of Victoria.

Brenda Thompson was previously an Instructor in both the Bachelor of Child and Youth Care and the Correctional Services diploma programs at MacEwan University.