The institutional set-up: an analysis of social pedagogues' accounts of treatment in everyday practice Det institutionelle arrangement: en analyse af socialpædagogers redegørelse for behandling i hverdagen

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Residential care institutions for children at risk are still a poorly understood institutional arrangement. Using complexity theory as a framework, the aim of this article is to analyse how social pedagogues at such institutions model the relationship between themselves and the children in care. Eleven focus-group interviews were conducted, based on a case vignette technique. The findings suggest a distinction between pedagogical coherence and obligation, implying that procedures for handling difficult episodes may exist independently of existing treatment programmes. The consequences for understanding institutional practices are outlined. Der er fortsat behov for en afdækning af døgninstitutioners praksis. Med udgangspunkt i kompleksitetsteori er formålet med denne artikel at analysere, hvordan socialpædagoger skaber relationen til anbragte børn. Elleve fokusgruppeinterviews blev gennemført under anvendelse af case vignette teknikken. Analysen tyder på, at der er en forskel mellem pædagogisk koheræns og daglige pligter, hvilket indikerer, at håndteringen af vanskelige episoder i hverdagen sker uafhængigt af det eksisterende behandlingsprogram. Konsekvenserne for det institutionelle arrangement diskuteres. View full textDownload full textKeywordsResidential Care Institutions, Complexity, Evaluation, Focus GroupNøgleordDøgninstitutioner, Kompleksitet, Evaluering, Fokusgruppe InterviewRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691451003744374