title: [Child and youth care: ambulant and non-ambulant].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Orthopedagogik der Universität Groningen, Niederlande. E.J.Knorth@rug.nl
authors.forename: Erik J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Knorth
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Knot-Dickscheit
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tausendfreund
authors.forename: Gisela C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Schulze
authors.forename: Johan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strijker
mesh_terms: 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