Supporting older youth in care: The role of caregivers
Greggory Cullen
Working Together: Interdisciplinary Training within Live-In
Treatment
Samantha O’Leary, Claire E. McGill, P. Megha
Nagar, Marlena Colasanto, Graham Trull and Kelli Phythian
Autism, Stigma, and South Asian Immigrant Families in Canada
Fariha Shafi, Amirtha Karunakaran and Farah Ahmad
What’s on your mind? The effects of an attachment-based
intervention on residential youth workers’ reflexive functioning
Helena M. Carvalho, Tiago Ferreira, Beatriz Santos, Mónica
Costa, Paula Mena Matos and Catarina Pinheiro Mota
Conflicts with Friends and Romantic Partners: Qualitative and
Quantitative Analyses of the Experiences of Girls in Care
Samantha Chan, Katherine Wincentak and Jennifer Connolly
Adolescents’ Subjective Well‑Being: The Unique Contribution of
Fathers
Colleen S. Walsh, Wendy Kliewer and Terri N.
Sullivan
Director, Child Care Early Learning Centres
School Liaison Worker
Assistant Professor (Tenure Track), Mount Royal University
Child and Youth Care Practitioner - Contract Private Practice
Youth and Family Counsellor, Mental Health Program - BC Children's Hospital
SNAP Child Worker - West (Contract)
Intensive Family Support Worker, CYC
Unity Conference 2024
DLE - The Purposeful Use of Daily Life Events - Virtual Training
FICE International 35th World Congress
"Ally-ship: From the Heart" The 2024 Canadian National Child and Youth Care Conference
RELATIONAL CHILD AND YOUTH CARE PRACTICE, Vol 36, No.3
The Graduate Issue
CONTENTS
Editorial – Continuing Good Traditions | Aurrora De Monte and Graham McPheat
Hearing Silenced Voices: Haunted Histories, Art Making and Witnessing with IBPOC Youth | Anna Chadwick
The Effects of Applied Behavioural Analysis Therapy | Frincess Arbour
A Way of Being: Exploring Perceptions of Relational Practice Across Contexts | Jillian Higgins
Lost Innocence: Adultification of Black Children Unveiling Historical Roots and Contemporary Realities | Jahtara Hutchinson-Bobb
Supporting Wellness in Indigenous Youths in Residential Care Facilities | Jasmine Singer
The Blurry Lines of Praxis: Child and Youth Care faculty perspectives on supporting student mental health in higher education | Sheva Leon
Adjusting to New Environments: Exploring the Challenges of South Asian Immigrant Students in Greater Toronto | Kruti Patel
CYC-Online No. 301
March 2024
Editorial Comment: The Enduring Legacy
of Goodwill
Martin Stabrey
Plan B: Child and Youth Care as Unregulated
Profession
Kiaras Gharabaghi
Love-Led Practice in Children’s Residential
Care
Margaret Davies
Chores? Or No Chores? That Is a Question
Carl Pickhardt
Rhythmicity
Travis Sampson
Using Awe and Gratitude to Support Mental
Wellbeing
Chelan McCallion and Patricia Kostouros
Desettlering CYC
Hans Skott-Myhre
Postcard from Leon Fulcher
Resetting The Foundation Stones of Relational Practice
Relational Practice exists as a concept in many caring professions including Child & Youth Care / Social Care, Social Work, Education, Medicine / Nursing, Psychology/Psychotherapy and as an ‘approach’ Relational Practice is universally appreciated as one that is necessary to adopt, if we are to be of any assistance to the people we work with and serve. Yet, no single and universally accepted definition exists of what Relational Practice is, instead there are different (but related) interpretations.
It was noted at the UNITY23 conference by one of the speakers that, Relational Practice is a bit like love or humour … we mightn’t be able to clearly define it, but we know it when we see it or feel it.
Speakers from around the globe will present across a spectrum of topics that can be viewed as the foundation stones of Relational Practice. Some of these topics might be considered ‘values’; some ‘traits of the effective practitioner’; some could be considered ‘wisdoms’ that need to be known, as well as ‘approaches, techniques, and ways of thinking and doing’.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Presenters are now being sought to deliver sessions at the UNITY2024 conference that can add to the evolving Relational Practice Body of Knowledge.
Presenters are invited to submit proposals and to present on topics that are relevant to the theme of the conference. This might include Relational Practice in a global sense or on some of the key aspects of Relational Practice such as Resilience, Connection & Engagement, Working in the Life-Space, Focusing on Needs, Strength-Based Practice, and Love – to name but a few.
Sessions should describe the relevance and utility of the topic/s being discussed and allow attendees to see how these all come together to allow us all to better understand Relational Practice.
Submit your proposal here.
Submission deadline – 3 May 2024.
Presenters will receive a 50% discount on the cost of the full 2-day registration fee.