Editorial Varda Mann-Feder  /  5

Guest Editorial: Family - My journey of connection Mark Littlefield / 6

Honoring our own: David Thomas / 9

PROCEEDINGS: PROMISE INTO PRACTICE

Invited Address: I Am Envious of You, the Leaders in the Field of Care Practice
Henry W. Maier with a forward by Thorn Garfat / 13

APPROACHES TO PRACTICE

Value-Based Programming: A Primer Stephen R. Cable / 18

Beyond Cultural Diversity: Moving Along the Road to Delivering Culturally Competent Services to Children and Families Frank Delano / 26

Where Do We Draw Lines: Professional Relationship Boundaries and the Child and Youth Care Practitioner  Jennifer C. Davidson / 31

The Logic of Chronos: Age-Based and Other Mandated Transitions Francis C. Hare / 43

Out of home Programs: A Global Overview Jacqueline Hayden / 52

Girls Rule: Changing the Rules for Girls How the Girls Club changed a year at the B.C. Provincial School for the Deaf Rebecca Keenan Storey /  62

Beyond the New Horizon: Trends and Issues in Residential Child Care Andrezo Ken drick /  71

Helping Adolescents with ADHD Survive High School  Bluma Litner / 81

Radical Youth Work: Creating a Politics of Mutual Liberation for Youth and Adults  Hans A. Skott-Myhre / 89

"Life’s a Beach"- "Life’s a Party": Putting Metaphor to Work in the Counseling Session  Bruce Tobin / 95

Transforming the Milieu and Lives Through the Power of Activity: Theory and Practice Karen Vander Ven / 103

RESEARCH CONTRIBUTIONS

Need and Risk and How to tell the Difference  Sibylle Artz, Diana Nicholson, Elaine Halsall, Snsan Larke & Sonya Boya / 109

Nurturing Children’s Relationships with the Environment: Exploring the Nature and Role of Partnerships Natasha Blanchet-Cohen & Brian Rainbow / 118

Over the Rainbow: Recommendations for Service Provision by post-Apartheid South African Gay and Lesbian Youth Allister H. Butler & Gaynor Astbury / 126

Unraveling Quilted Texts: An Alternate Inquiry into the Social Fabric of Life  Elaine Halsall & Sharon Ali / 136

The School as a Hub: Best Practice Model for Child and Youth Work Rick Kelly / 141

I have been very pleased being in foster care, but...
Young People’s Experience of Long-term Foster Care Gudrtin Kristindóttir / 148

"Looking After Children": Implementation and Outcomes in Canada Louise Legault, Robert Flynn, Sibylle Artz, Shannon Balla, Peter Dudding, Victoria Norgaard, Shirley Cole, Hayat Ghazal, Raymond Lemay, Susan Petrick, Gail Vandermeulen, Marie-Andrée Poirier & Marie-Claude Simard / 159

An Attachment-Based Parenting Program for Caregivers of Severely Conduct-Disordered Adolescents: Preliminary Findings Marlene Moretti, Roy Holland, Ken Moore & Sue McKay / 170

Strong Families, Strong Children: A Family-focused Crime Prevention Program William Morrison, Cynthia Doucet, Claire Archibald & Tracy Cormier / 179

Listen to Me! Involving Child and Families Living with Congenital Heart Disease in the Research Process Jillian Roberts, Tamara Mortimer, Kendra Mass ie, Lani Maxwell, Brian Sinclair, Shelley Ross, Lia Van Winkel & Tara Elliott / 186

TRAINING AND PROFESSIONALISM

Youth Worker Training: Teaching and Learning from an International Perspective  Vaughan Bowie / 192

The Contemporary Policy Context of Child and Youth Care: Globalization, Neo-Liberalism, and the Attack on the Welfare State Mike Burnett  / 202

The Promise of Professionalism Arrives in Practice: Progress on the North American Certification Project Martha A. Mattingly & David Thomas / 209

The Pride Game: An Experiential Exercise to Transform Learning J. Nicole Little / 216

An Approach to Working with Children Who Are Deaf and Autistic in a Scottish Group Care Setting Irene Stevens / 224
 

LEADERSHIP ISSUES

Making a Rural Difference  Charles L. Baker / 236

The Leadership Challenge for Human Service Agencies  Michael Gaffley / 243

DIALOGUE

Framing a New and Expanded Vision for the Future of Child and Youth Care Work: An International, Intercultural and Trans-disciplinary Perspective  Ted Dunlop / 254

Can a Professional Exist Without a Profession? A Response to Dunlop
David Thomas / 268

FROM THE EDITOR

The Seventh International Child and Youth Care Conference was held in August of 2003 at the University of Victoria in British Columbia, Canada. The theme of the conference was Promise into Practice, and the intent of the organizers was to encourage discussion of what is promising in current approaches to working with young people and families. This volume of the Journal constitutes the proceedings of Promise into Practice and provides an excellent representation of papers on that theme. Not only do the majority of articles showcase innovative practices in Child and Youth Care, the range of contributions is astounding, in terms of: methodologies described, theoretical orientations to practice, and style of presentation. In this volume of the Journal are contributions from seven countries, our most international issue to date, and this too reflects the reality of Victoria. More difficult to capture, however, is the spirit that prevailed at the conference, which is aptly described in the Guest Editorial, which follows, by Mark Littlefield.

The significance of this International Child and Youth Care Conference went beyond the high quality of the sessions. The diversity of the numerous (over 300!!!) presentations, the well-organized schedule, the beautiful UVic campus and spacious accommodation, the luxurious social events.. . all paled in comparison to the spirit of hopefulness and camaraderie that was experienced by all who attended. Despite the range of settings we came from, the significant cultural and regional differences, even our diverse approaches to the work itself, we all were there to celebrate the field and each other. This was visible in renewed and energetic discussions of certification in the U.S., Canada, and beyond; in positive participation in workshops and plenary sessions; and in the mutual support that was demonstrated over, and over again. Professionals from all over the world were reaching out and cheering each other on to continue with the difficult task of doing the work and developing the profession.

This conference left me more hopeful than ever about the future of our field. Our research and practice is better articulated than ever, and we are clearly learning how to promote ourselves and what we do. I think you will find that this issue of the Journal not only demonstrates the depth and range of the content provided by the Seventh International Child and Youth Care Conference, it also truly communicates the promise that the future holds for our profession.