[Child and youth care: ambulant and non-ambulant].
The enhancement of community-based, ambulant care for children with serious behavioural problems (in German: "Ambulantisierung") implies supporting them as long as possible in their own family environment. One tries to avoid an out-of-home placement. This policy, strongly underlined during the last 20 years, shows merits but also raises questions. The emphasis on ambulant care and treatment was coupled with a decline in availability and appreciation of residential childcare services. Based on a theoretical model of family support and relevant empirical findings in the field we plead in favor of a complementary role for ambulatory and non-ambulatory services; both directed at lending professional support to children and families in need of care.
Knorth
Erik J
EJ
Institut für Orthopedagogik der Universität Groningen, Niederlande. E.J.Knorth@rug.nl
Knot-Dickscheit
Jana
J
Tausendfreund
Tim
T
Schulze
Gisela C
GC
Strijker
Johan
J
D000293:Adolescent; D000553:Ambulatory Care; D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005196:Family Therapy; D005858:Germany; D006801:Humans; D010343:Patient Admission; D012931:Social Environment