Revitalizing Residential Care for Children and Youth

Dr. Whittaker is a Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus in School of Social Work at University of Washington. His research and teaching interests encompass the integration of evidence-based practices into contemporary child & family. Dr. Whittaker is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Association of Children's Residential Services (ACRC) in 2011 and The European Scientific Association for Residential and Family Care (EUSARF) in 2018. Lisa Holmes joined The University of Sussex in January 2022 as Professor of Applied Social Science. Prior to this she was an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Research in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Between 2018 and 2021 Lisa was also the Director of the Rees Centre, within the same Department. In 2005 Professor Holmes was seconded into the English Government Department for Children, Schools and Families. Along with her colleagues, Professor James Whittaker and Professor Jorge F del Valle, Lisa is co-chair of the International Work Group for Therapeutic Residential Care. Jorge F. del Valle is Full Professor of Psychosocial Intervention at the University of Oviedo (Spain) and he is the Director of the Child and Family Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Familia e Infancia-GIFI). Professor del Valle is author/co-author/editor of 15 books and nearly 100 peer review papers and book chapters in the field of child welfare. Sigrid James is a full professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare at the University of Kassel in Germany. She received her social work education in the United States receiving a doctorate from the University of Southern California in 2003. Professor James is part of the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed social work journals and is a frequent reviewer for multiple journals and research organizations. She herself has written and published numerous papers and chapters in English and more recently in German.

List of Contributors
Foreword. Harriet Ward

PART 1 Introduction
CHAPTER 1. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Cross-National Perspective. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James
CHAPTER 2. Residential Care Across Jurisdictions: Understanding Context and Comparing Data. June Thoburn
CHAPTER 3. A Cross-National Comparison of Residential Care: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations. Sigrid James

PART 2 Anglo-American Exemplars
CHAPTER 4. Residential Care for Children and Youth in England. Lisa Holmes, David Berridge and June Thoburn
CHAPTER 5. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Scotland: Keeping the Promise? Dan Johnson and Laura Steckley
CHAPTER 6. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Canada: Making Sense of the Mosaic. James P. Anglin, Marie Saint-Girons and Nico Trocme
CHAPTER 7. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the United States. Bethany R. Lee and Christopher Bellonci
CHAPTER 8. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Ireland. Robbie Gilligan

PART 3 A View from the Field: Anglo-American Promising Practices
Editor's introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James
CHAPTER 9. Innovation and Impact in Residential Services: North Yorkshire County Council's