1. Introduction
Welcome to Meeting the Needs of Children in Residential Child Care.
This resource will further your understanding of what children need when they come to live in residential care and how we may begin to meet these needs.
Please note that SCIE has published a further two resources on the topic of residential child care:
SCIE e-learning resource (2008) 'An introduction to residential child care'
This introductory resource gives a general introduction to this area, covering such areas as: facts and figures, needs and care environments, legislation and rights.
SCIE e-learning resource (2008) 'Managing challenging behaviour'
This resource builds on the previous two and aims to assist your understanding of how you can better meet children's behavioural needs. We will look in more detail at the way behaviour serves as communication and then suggest some ways for you to understand and manage behaviour, which is a key task for any residential carer.
Links to both can be found in the Extra resources section.