Abstract
The enhancement of community-based, ambulant care for children with serious behavioural problems (in German: "Ambulantisierung") implies supporting them as long as possible in their own family environment. One tries to avoid an out-of-home placement. This policy, strongly underlined during the last 20 years, shows merits but also raises questions. The emphasis on ambulant care and treatment was coupled with a decline in availability and appreciation of residential childcare services. Based on a theoretical model of family support and relevant empirical findings in the field we plead in favor of a complementary role for ambulatory and non-ambulatory services; both directed at lending professional support to children and families in need of care.
| Translated title of the contribution | Child and youth care: ambulant and non-ambulant |
|---|---|
| Original language | German |
| Pages (from-to) | 330-350 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | Praxis der Kinderpsychologie und Kinderpsychiatrie |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Keywords
- adolescent
- ambulatory care
- article
- behavior disorder
- child
- family therapy
- Germany
- hospital admission
- human
- multimodality cancer therapy
- psychological aspect
- social environment