CYC-Online, August 2025 (No. 318)
Editorial Comment: Finding Courage, Hope,
and Purpose in Uncertain Times
Okpara Rice
Rooted in Authenticity
Ziigwanbinesii
Charles and Aurrora De Monte
A Reflexive Relational Model for Ethical Decision
Making in Child And Youth Care
Varda Mann Feder and Laura Steckley
Surveillance and Doing Harm
Kiaras
Gharabaghi
Does Social Media Cause Depression and Anxiety in
Kids?
Jen Lumanlan
Gender Ideology?
Hans Skott-Myhre
Postcard from Leon Fulcher
Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, Vol.38 (1/2)
Editorial – “Resetting The Foundation Stones of Relational Practice” \ Martin Stabrey
From Individual Wellbeing to Mutuality in Everyday Care: Exploring Relational Practice and ‘Mattering’ in Child and Youth Care \ Sebastien Monteux
A Relational Approach to Two Communities: The United States Relationship-Based Community Meets Child and Youth Care \ Michael Murray
Perspectives of Direct Practice Child and Youth Care Staff in Group Homes \ Michelle Briegel and Sarah Friesen
Relational Leadership: Back to the Basics \ Lesley Goodyear, Kerri Hayley and Heather Modlin
On the Receiving End: An Exploration of Relational Practice from an Autistic Perspective \ Caitlin-Anne Dow
Building Trauma-Responsive Communities for Staff \ Beth Casarjian, Sascha Griffing and Jessica Linick
The Spaces in-between: Student-Instructor Relational Practice in Higher Education \ Jessica Williams, K. Larisa Hanssen, Robyn Kemp, Rachel Lum and Mia Schartau
Upbringing as the Purpose of Child and Youth Care Relationships \ Mark Smith
Pawsitive Partnerships in Child and Youth Care Practice \ Kirsten Hargreaves
Creating the Conditions for Relational Practice: Helping Things Go Well \ Clive Acraman and Natalie Dow
Building Relationships with Children: A ‘Money in the Bank’ Approach \ Frank Delano
Becoming Agents for Positive Therapeutic Change: Three Questions the ‘Person in the Parenting Role’ Should Ask \ Colin Maginn
Unity Conference 2025
Relational Practice as a concept within the caring professions (including Child & Youth Care, Social Care, Social Work, Education, Medicine, Psychology etc), has grown from the work of many pioneers over recent decades. Now, within a post-Covid, AI, and politically unstable landscape, it has become ever more necessary that the hard fought for ‘learning and leadership’ continues to be remembered and built on by the younger generations of practitioners, educators and researchers.
The successful UNITY 2024 conference concentrated its attention on ‘Resetting The Foundation Stones of Relational Practice’, and this year, UNITY 2025 will continue to build on this learning, sharing and exploration by creating a space to meet with colleagues from around the world, listen to and engage in presentations and workshops, get involved in conversations and discussions, and generally get a chance to contribute to the plan for ‘developing the learning’ and discussing ‘future leadership and approaches’ within the relational framework.
Speakers from around the world will present across a spectrum of related topics that can be viewed as relevant to the ‘leading and learning’ themes. Sessions will speak to the relevance and utility of the conference theme and support attendees to build on what we already know to shape future leadership.
Visit the Unity 2025 web site for the full program and to register.
CYC WORLD CONFERENCE 2026
Healing Through Connection
24-26 June 2026, St John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Dr Paul Baker, Dr. Heather Modlin and Stacey Howse
CALL FOR PAPERS
In June 2013 the first ever Child and Youth Care World Conference, Connecting at the Crossroads, was held in St. John’s. This event was hosted by the Child and Youth Care Association of Newfoundland and Labrador in collaboration with the International Child and Youth Care Network (CYC-Net). The theme of that conference was focused on connecting across geography, across disciplines, across generations and across practice domains.
In 2026, the Child and Youth Care World Conference is returning to where it all began! The theme for the upcoming conference is Connecting through Relationship. We are still connecting through all the areas identified in 2013, and we are also connecting to our history, to each other, and to the young people and families we serve.
We are delighted to announce that the Call for Proposals has been released here.
The deadline for submitting a proposal is October 15, 2025.
