Dr. Whittaker is a Charles O. Cressey Endowed Professor Emeritus in School of Social Work at University of Washington. His research and teaching interests encompass the integration of evidence-based practices into contemporary child & family. Dr. Whittaker is the recipient of Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the Association of Children's Residential Services (ACRC) in 2011 and The European Scientific Association for Residential and Family Care (EUSARF) in 2018.

Lisa Holmes joined The University of Sussex in January 2022 as Professor of Applied Social Science. Prior to this she was an Associate Professor and Deputy Director of Research in the Department of Education, University of Oxford. Between 2018 and 2021 Lisa was also the Director of the Rees Centre, within the same Department. In 2005 Professor Holmes was seconded into the English Government Department for Children, Schools and Families. Along with her colleagues, Professor James Whittaker and Professor Jorge F del Valle, Lisa

is co-chair of the International Work Group for Therapeutic Residential Care.

Jorge F. del Valle is Full Professor of Psychosocial Intervention at the University of Oviedo (Spain) and he is the Director of the Child and Family Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Familia e Infancia-GIFI). Professor del Valle is author/co-author/editor of 15 books and nearly 100 peer review papers and book chapters in the field of child welfare.

Sigrid James is a full professor in the Department of Social Work and Social Welfare at the University of Kassel in Germany. She received her social work education in the United States receiving a doctorate from the University of Southern California in 2003. Professor James is part of the Editorial Board of several peer-reviewed social work journals and is a frequent reviewer for multiple journals and research organizations. She herself has written and published numerous papers and chapters in English and more recently in German.

• List of Contributors


• Foreword. Harriet Ward


• PART 1 Introduction


• CHAPTER 1. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Cross-National Perspective. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James


• CHAPTER 2. Residential Care Across Jurisdictions: Understanding Context and Comparing Data. June Thoburn


• CHAPTER 3. A Cross-National Comparison of Residential Care: Conceptual and Methodological Foundations. Sigrid James


• PART 2 Anglo-American Exemplars


• CHAPTER 4. Residential Care for Children and Youth in England. Lisa Holmes, David Berridge and June Thoburn


• CHAPTER 5. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Scotland: Keeping the Promise? Dan Johnson and Laura Steckley


• CHAPTER 6. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Canada: Making Sense of the Mosaic. James P. Anglin, Marie Saint-Girons and Nico Trocme


• CHAPTER 7. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the United States. Bethany R. Lee and Christopher Bellonci


• CHAPTER 8. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Ireland. Robbie Gilligan


• PART 3 A View from the Field: Anglo-American Promising Practices


• Editor's introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James


• CHAPTER 9. Innovation and Impact in Residential Services: North Yorkshire County Council's "No Wrong Door®" Program. Janice Nicholson


• CHAPTER 10. The CARE Program Model. Martha J. Holden, Deborah E. Sellers and Elliott G. Smith


• CHAPTER 11. A Review of the Teaching Family Model/Boys Town Family Home Program. Daniel L. Daly and Ron Thompson


• CHAPTER 12. Harnessing the Power of Families in Residential Child and Youth Care: Innovations in Operationalizing Family Driven Care in U.S. Residential Settings. Millie Sweeney


• PART 4 Continental European Exemplars


• CHAPTER 13. The Changing Character of Residential Care for Children and Youth in Spain. Amaia Bravo, Eduardo Martín and Jorge F. del Valle


• CHAPTER 14. Residential Care for Children and Youth in the Netherlands: High Difficulties in Low Lands. Erik J. Knorth and Annemiek T. Harder


• CHAPTER 15. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Germany: A Participatory Rights-Based Approach. Sigrid James and Juri Kilian


• CHAPTER 16. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Denmark. Mette Lausten


• CHAPTER 17. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Italy: An Evolving System. Laura Palareti, Cinzia Canali, Alessandra Rigamonti and Laura Formenti


• CHAPTER 18. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Portugal: A Change as Necessary as Urgent. Maria A. Barbosa Ducharne and Joana Soares


• CHAPTER 19. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Finland. Eeva Timonen-Kallio


• CHAPTER 20. Residential Care for Children and Youth in France: A Solid System Facing Major Challenges. Bernadette Tillard and Hélène Join-Lambert


• PART 5 A View from the Field: Continental European Promising Practices


• Editors' Introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James


• CHAPTER 21. PLANEA Program: Equipping young people for transition to adulthood from care. Laura García-Alba and Jorge F. del Valle


• CHAPTER 22. Creating safe and welcoming residential care placements for LGBTQIA+ youth. Mónica López López, Gerald P. Mallon, and Leo Wieldraaijer-Vincent


• PART 6 Australian, Middle Eastern and Latin American Exemplars


• CHAPTER 23. Australian Residential Care: Creating Opportunities for Hope and Healing. Patricia McNamara and Shelley Wall


• CHAPTER 24. Residential Child and Youth Care in Israel: Trends and Directions. Anat Zeira and Emmanuel Grupper


• CHAPTER 25. Residential Care for Children and Youth in Argentina. Mariana Incarnato and Dana Borzese.


• PART 7 A View from the Field: Australian, Middle Eastern and Latin American Promising Practices


• Editors' Introduction. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James


• CHAPTER 26. Therapeutic Residential Care in Australia: A New Dawn or More of the Same? Frank Ainsworth and Howard Bath


• CHAPTER 27. The 'New Era' in Victorian Therapeutic Residential Care: A Decade on. Patricia McNamara


• CHAPTER 28. Doncel and The Leaving Care Law in Argentina: Supporting Transitions from the Field. Mariana Incarnato and Dana Borzese


• PART 8 Editor's Conclusions


• CHAPTER 29


• Future Prospects and Challenges for Residential Child Care: Seeking Direction from a Cross-National Analysis. James K. Whittaker, Lisa Holmes, Jorge F. del Valle and Sigrid James