Primer:

Authors

  • Jordan Alderman National Youth In Care Network

Keywords:

youth in care, youth empowerment, child and youth care work

Abstract

Primer: Encouraging informed and sensitive interactions between youth in care and their child care worker, is a program that focus­ es on making the voices of youth in care from across Canada heard. The Primer project incorporates data collected from youth in care into a work­ shop format for students in the helping professions. This article dissemi nates the crucial information collected for this project on current and his­ torical challenges faced by youth in care. Key concepts that are at the core of the Primer workshop are presented. The major goal of the project is to increase informed and empathetic interactions between youth in care and their caregivers.

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Published

2003-11-01

How to Cite

Alderman, J. . (2003). Primer:. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 18, 104–114. Retrieved from http://acycpjournal.pitt.edu/ojs/jcycw/article/view/353

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