Karen VanderVen

 

July 2008 When good people make bad things happen: The ten worst practices in child and youth work
June 2005 “Evaluation forms”: Should they be proforma or reformed?
May 2005 “We're not in this work by accident” — Stories from childhood, ours and others
April 2005 Wisconsin, West Virginia and Wow!
February 2005 210 guidelines for an open system of education and training for child and youth workers: (So what else is new?)
January 2005 2005 - a year for questions
December 2004 'Tis the season for giving ... of yourself
November 2004 Things are looking up: Positive signs for child and youth work
October 2004 Four news items in a week: do they mean anything to us?
July 2004 Good fishin', Daniel! for better and worse the world is your child care laboratory
June 2004 The basketball net criterion: what do you see?
April 2004 To be or not to be: Art programs pave the way
March 2004 Mr Fitzgerald
February 2004 A new focus for the field
January 2004 The professions "If"
December 2003 Let us be self-serving!
November 2003 Why are kids acting so mean
October 2003 Overprogramming for the few, underprogramming for the many
September 2003 “But you were going to show us how to make water bombs!” The uniqueness of Child and Youth Care Workers
August 2003 They're all wet! On water activities and the need for challenge in the daily lives of youth
July 2003 Just a Warming Experience
June 2003 Off-Shore Schools — Sea Change Needed
May 2003 With Whimsy: Are You Really a Child and Youth Care Worker ?
April 2003 Bedtime Story, a Wake Up Call — and Serve it With a Cup of Cocoa
March 2003 It's you I like: Remembering Mister Rogers
February 2003 Telling our Story: Marketing 101
January 2003 “These kids never had a chance to be productive” ... and a new take on technology
December 2002 Ice Cream City Social! You all come!
November 2002 Token economies or point and level systems — whatever we call them — Let's rethink them!
October 2002 Recess is over  — but it should never end
September 2002

It's a time of renewal — but I'll always remember the wallpaper
July 2002

"Rain and Sunshine, Smiles and Tears, Dance and Delight"
May 2002

“Passions spin the plot”
March 2002

Life line, life work: How play and relationship empower our work
February 2002

“All he wants ... ”
January 2002

Get the Picture?
December 2001

Santa, Scrooge or Sage? Reframing holiday celebrations in the long run
November 2001

# 5 Illuminating one sad day in Group Care
October 2001

# 4 The last "normal" day and no more "Ms Know-It-All"
September 2001

# 3 I've Seen Manners
July 2001

# 2 Social Constructivism and Two Ideas for the Field
May 2001 # 1 Setting the Stage


 

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