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Forming Identities in Residential Care for Children: Manoeuvring between Social Work and Peer Groups
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Direct linkStokholm, Anja – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2009
The general goal of Danish residential care institutions with a therapeutic objective is to change children's behaviour and redirect their identity formation. This goal is pursued through an individualized focus on development. Dynamics of the resident group is rarely targeted directly in the pedagogical work. This article challenges the implicit…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Peer Groups, Primary Sources, Group Dynamics
