Working with Children at Risk in the Perspective of Symbolic Interactionism (IS) and Situational Action Theory (SAT)
- Year of publication: 2017
- Source: Show
- Pages: 167-176
- DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.2017.48.2.13
- PDF: tner/201702/tner20170213.pdf
This paper indicates how practice (treatment, social work) may benefit from the application of notions deriving from symbolic interactionism and Situational Action Theory. I conducted interviews with therapists from a day care treatment centre. The centre offers educational assistance and counselling to children and youth aged from three to eighteen. In the article I present four methods of treatment of children and youth at risk (including juvenile offenders), which I draw from the analysis of in-depth interviews. The professionals who would benefit from applying the ideas presented in the article are probation offi cers, social workers, counsellors, street workers, and therapists.
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