Teachers or Taunters: The Dilema of True Discipline for Direct Care Workers with Children

Authors

  • Lorraine Fox

Keywords:

discipline, professional responses

Abstract

Direct care workers with children are continually challenged by the need to intervene with unacceptable behavior presented by children in treatment facilities. This behavior often taxes the workers, tempting them to respond in ways that are punitive and/or unhelpful rather than therapeutic for the child/adolescent. The author contends that a thoughtful approach, with close attention to the goals and purposes of intervention, the mutuality of the process, the process of change and the nature of worker task as change agents will promote professional practices that are in the best interests of the youngsters in care.

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Published

1987-03-01

How to Cite

Fox, L. . (1987). Teachers or Taunters: The Dilema of True Discipline for Direct Care Workers with Children. Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, 3, 39–54. Retrieved from https://acycpjournal.pitt.edu/ojs/jcycw/article/view/117

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