Since it's founding in 1997, the CYC-Net discussion group has been asked thousands of questions. These questions often generate many replies from people in all spheres of the Child and Youth Care profession and contain personal experiences, viewpoints, as well as recommended resources.
Below are some of the threads of discussions on varying Child and Youth Care related topics.
Questions and Responses have been reproduced verbatim.
Listen to thisHello!
I am working on a project
for one of my college courses and am having trouble finding information
about secure care. Does any one have information about secure care? And,
more specifically, the social milieu in a secure care environment?
Thanks!
Ellie
...
You will find a great deal of information in the
articles in our Readarounds section under Juvenile Detention, which you
can access here:
https://www.cyc-net.org/profession/readarounds.html (Eds.)
...
I recommend the new book by Alexandra Cox called “Trapped in a vice.
The consequences of confinement for young people”.
Mette
...
Yes, please refer to Leon Fulcher's 'Sisters of Pain' published by
CYC-Net Press.
Good luck!
Aliese Moran
...
Hi
Ellie
We have bundles.
Find 15 staff training sessions in
secure care at our site about how to practice research based secure care
for children and youth placed outside home – in 17 language versions.
Free of charge.
Simply open the link
www.fairstartfoundation.com
and move the cursor over Foster or Group Care and open any session.
Best from Niels
...
Hi Ellie,
Contact Vivian Van Wagner at Syl Apps Youth Centre who is a senior
manager there. Vivian knows everything about SAYC and its history and
how they run the Centre from a social environment perspective ... you
can tell her I suggested you contact her. Syl Apps Youth Centre is a
secure treatment, custody and detention facility located in Oakville,
ON. Good luck!
Kristina Arena
...
Hi Ellie,
Victoria Australia has two statewide secure care units: one for young
men and one for young women. Both have a capacity of 10-12 for young
people aged 10 – 17 who are considered at risk to self or others.
Initially information can be found at cpmanual.vic.gov.au and just type
in secure welfare. This will access Victorian Government Child
Protection Manual. If you have any issues with this or require more info
please let me know.
Best wishes
Glenys
...
Hi
there,
I suppose the type of ‘secure care’ is one thing to
consider. I’m sure it will differ from country to country depending on
the laws in the countries. I found that it also depends on the number of
children you are dealing with in a secure care environment, which
demands varying approaches to programs. Brendtro, Brokenleg and Van
Bockern’ s book, ‘Reclaiming Youth at Risk: Our Hope for the Future’ is
also very good. There is a training video that they use and there is
also another good video/dvd that you can watch to give you an idea of
what you can use in your everyday approach called ‘Once Were Warriors’.
I think it has a New Zealand background.
Francisco
...
Go to The CYC-Net Press and look for the e-book or print version of
‘Sisters of Pain: An Ethnography of Young Women Living in Secure Care’.
My co-author – Aliese Moran – was one of the young women in that secure
unit.
It all depends on whether you wish to look at secure care
from the angle of the young people living in them.
Good luck.
Leon Fulcher
