Author： Emond Ruth
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 1053-1890
Source： Child and Youth Care Forum, Vol.33, Iss.3, 2004-06, pp. : 193-207
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Abstract
The author of this article lived in two residential homes in order to understand, and create a model of, the residents' social group. By understanding the way in which the group grants power to its members and the beliefs and actions which it values, residential staff have the opportunity to identify and support ‘positive' individual and group behaviours. It is a model which starts from the group rather than imposing our ‘adult' notions of how young people should behave. The way in which the ‘everyday' activities of young people, for example their use of humour, serves to maintain group expectations, organisations and relationships, should not be overlooked but rather identified, understood and encouraged.
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