Looking After Children - by Raymond A Lemay & Hayat Ghazal (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

Looking After Children is an assessment and planning approach for children and youth in out of home care, first developed in the UK, and since adapted and used increasingly in Canada, particularly in Ontario. The approach is developmental and strengths based. The Assessment and Action Record (AAR), the core clinical tool, provides the basis for an in-depth assessment interview which then leads to a comprehensive care plan. The AAR is computerized and provides the possibility of data aggregation, and the recent revision allows for comparability among Canadian children as assessed by the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.

Review Quotes

Highly recommended for all who have a sincere interest in caring for the health, safety and wellbeing of all children and youth living outside of their homes.-- "PUO-UOP"

About the Author

Raymond A. Lemay holds an M.Sc. in Education for Children with Emotional Disorders and is currently Executive Director of Valoris for Children and Adults in Prescott-Russell. He is the author of several articles and books on resilience, Social Role Normalization and Valorization (S.R.V.) and management. He is the author, with Hayat Ghazal, of S'occuper des enfants: Guide de l'intervenant (2008) published by the University of Ottawa Press. In 2006, he wrote "'J'entends des voix' Le courant de la pensée, les hallucinations et l'intervention", published in Canadian Social Work/Le Travail Social Canadien.