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CHILD & YOUTH CARE forum Volume 21, Number 1, February 1992 EDITORIAL Are We Selling Ourselves Short? DIALOGUE Heavy Metal Kids: Are They Dancing with the Devil? Jon Trzcinski The growth in popularity of “heavy metal” and other music among teens has led to adult concern about its developmental impact, particularly on marginal youth; here, the author describes the situation and suggests constructive modes of response. Response: Heavy Metal Music—A View from a Teen Arek R. Baizerman Response: From the Other Side of the “Gap” Sylvia M. Link A Child and Youth Care Response Jack Phelan Response: In the Public Interest Suzie Talaat Response: Heavy Metal Kids are Kids Helen Q. Kivnick Rejoinder Jon Trzcinski ARTICLES Organizational Climate and Job Satisfaction Among Child Care Teachers Sandra Pope and Andrew J. Stremmel This study suggests a linkage between organizational climate and job satisfaction, although these two variables provide distinct sources of information about the work environment. Utilization of Animals as Therapeutic Adjuncts with Children and Youth: A Review of the Literature Gerald P. Mallon The author reviews the basis in theory and research for the increasing use of animals in working with children and youth, pointing out pitfalls as well as opportunities and specific approaches that have been reported. On the Office Door: The business of a child or youth care setting should not be mere custody and training, but the life of a child. . . . We might cease thinking of it as a place, and learn to believe that it is basically rela- tionships: between children and adults, adults and adults, children and other children. Charles Dennison, as paraphrased by Doug Magnuson Thanks to Doug! Send in yours! CHILD & YOUTH CARE forum Volume 21, Number 2, April 1992 EDITORIAL Power Corrupts? SYMPOSIUM Multicultural Reflections on Love, Pain, and Growth in Child and Youth Care Work Edited by Terry Guthrie Introduction Terry Guthrie Crisis Center Patricia Simons A Voyage into the Unknown: Six Months at Sea? Laurence Bourdon Journal at the Shelter Phuc Nguyen ARTICLES Rethinking Parent Involvement in Child Care Programs 105 Rena Shimoni and Barbara Ferguson The notion of parent involvement in day care is examined in the light of several key variables and the relevant research. A Model for University/Early Childhood Education Partnerships Ellen Winkelstein The establishment of sustained, mutually nourishing university/community partnerships in day care, as in other areas, has been elusive; the case study presented here suggests some useful approaches. REVIEWS Buckets: Sketches from a Youthworker’s Log Book, by Mark A. Krueger Reviewed by Michael Baizerman People Care in Institutions: A Conceptual Schema and Its Application, by Yochanan Wozner Reviewed by Karen VanderVen NEWS FROM THE FIELD Child and Youth Care Education Consortium: Current Description of the Field On the Office Door: (In juvenile court, but not only there) Stories are convicted and kids do time. Michael Baizerman (in this issue) Send in yours! CHILD & YOUTH CARE forum Volume 21, Number 3, June 1992 EDITORIAL “Bring Back the Orphanage”? ARTICLES Head Start: Making “Quality” a National Priority Judith A. Chafel Such policy issues as broadening access vs. enhancing program quality and early childhood as a competitor with other programs are discussed in the light of scarce resources, with implications suggested for a range of child care programs. A Model for Conceptualizing Variation in Staff-Resident Behavior Duane E. Colyar A conceptual model based on staff variables of empathy and expectation and youth variables of compliance and disruption is presented and discussed, including implications for group behavior patterns and the interrelatedness of staff and youth behavior. Comment George H. Weber Rejoinder Duane E. Colyar Infectious Diseases and Infection Control in Infant-Toddler Daycare Centers M. Katherine Hutchinson Following an overview of the problem, its costs, and a model for understanding transmission of infections, the author reviews control practices and research on their effectiveness and offers suggestions for infection control. Acceptability of Time Out Procedures for Schoolage Children: Evaluations by Direct Care Staff and Students in Child Development and Child Care Antoinette Y. Rodgers Staff and student rationales for accepting or rejecting time out (with or without explanation) as an intervention with children are presented and discussed, with implications for behavior management and tiie training of personnel. REVIEW In Motion, by Mark A. Krueger Reviewed by Mark B. Hoornbeek MUSINGS WITH MIKE Michael Baizerman Youthwork as Illumination On the Office Door: For these are all our children: We shall profit by or pay for what- ever they become. James Baldwin Thanks to Rod Durkin! Send in yours! CHILD & YOUTH CARE forum Volume 21, Number 4, August 1992 EDITORIAL On the Other Hand EDITORIAL RESPONSE Problems and Possibilities for Professional Child Care Buell E. Goocher ARTICLES The Policy Implications of Job Satisfaction Ratings for Recruiting and Retaining Early Childhood Teachers Robert C. Granger and Elisabeth Marx In this survey, pay and working conditions were associated with job satisfaction which, in turn, was related to job stability. Implications for policies to encourage a stable work force in the field are discussed. Mental Health Consultation at a Youth Shelter: An Ethnographic Approach R. Kevin Grigsby Mental health consultation to enhance child and youth care worker effectiveness with individual residents and to promote positive organizational change was facilitated when the consultant took time to understand the culture of the agency before intervening in it, using a model that could be applied in a variety of group care settings. A Descriptive Study of Spatial Arrangement in a Family Day Care Home 263 Jeffrey Trawick-Smith The curiosity and enthusiasm of six 4-year-olds waned quickly in a randomly-arranged, non-partitioned play setting, but not in a planned, spatially-defined area. Recommendations for designing day care environments on the basis of the findings are suggested. AS*IF: A Model for Thinking about Child and Youth Care Interventions Thom Garfat and Terry Newcomen An integrated, five-stage model is proposed for child and youth care workers to use in planning and implementing interventions with young people in care, including Assessment, Selection, Pause, Intervention, and Follow-Up, with appropriate sub-activities for each. REVIEWS Knowledge Utilization in Residential Child and Youth Care Practice, edited by Jerome Beker and Zvi Eisikovits Reviewed by James Anglin Expanding the Options in Child Placement: Israel’s Dependent Children in Care from Infancy to Adulthood, by Anita Weiner and Eugene Weiner Reviewed by Douglas H. Goke On the Office Door: A hundred children, a hundred individuals who are people—not people-to-be, not people of tomorrow, but people now, right now, today. Janusz Korcezak, in How to Love a Child (As quoted in The King of Children: A Biography of Janusz Korczak, by Betty Jean Lifton.) Send in yours! CHILD & YOUTH CARE forum Volume 21, Number 5, October 1992 Two-Part Special Issue MEETING THE CHILD CARE NEEDS OF THE 1990s: PERSPECTIVES ON DAY CARE Guest Editor: Nancy Barbour PART ONE Introduction: Meeting the Child Care Needs of the 1990s 297 Nancy Barbour Section I. Broad Policy Issues Changing Child Care Systems Through Collaborative Efforts: Challenges for the 1990s Carole Ellison and Nancy Barbour The authors describe a collaborative venture involving public and private service agencies, community funding agencies, and private foundations that addressed the child care needs of one large urban community. Meeting the Child Care Needs of Low-Income Families 317 Mary Larner and Anne Mitchell The gap in the quality of child care between families who can afford to pay and those who are trying to become economically self-sufficient is described and discussed. Section II. Child Care Program Settings The School of the 21st Century: Creating Opportunities for School-Based Child Care 335 Matia Finn-Stevenson, Karen Linkins, and Elizabeth Beaom The authors describe the role of the “School of the 21st Century” in child care and describes factors related to quality school based child care. Increasing the Quality of Family Child Care Homes: Strategies for the 1990s Nancy Cohen and Barbara Taylor The authors describe the problems of monitoring, expanding, and supporting family child care, which is still largely unregulated although it provides care for large numbers of young children. Employer Supported Child Care Roger H. Brown Employers are contributing solutions to child care problems through a number of innovative strategies, some of which are described in this article. Editor’s Note: Part Two of this special issue will appear as Vol. 21, No. 6, December 1992 and will include sections on innovative programming (mixed- age grouping and family-centered care) and staff development (child care teacher characteristics and issues in the preparation of effective staff).