Caring for Troubled Children

Originally written in the late 1970s, this book was quickly recognized for its thoughtful application of the notion of the importance of environment to the nurture and treatment of children with severe emotional problems and neurological impairment in residential settings. Whittaker forcefully advocates the need for residential treatment as part of a larger continuum of treatment, and explores the context of the setting itself as a dynamic therapeutic factor. Out of print for several years, Caring for Troubled Children has remained among the most notable attempts in the field to utilize an ecological perspective. This paperback edition makes it available again to students and practitioners.