Caring Under Pressure

Roland Chaplain is a chartered psychologist, educational consultant, and behaviour management specialist who worked in the Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. He has experience as a teacher, headteacher and senior lecturer in Psychology. He has published numerous books on classroom management and stress from the perspective of teacher, head teacher, and student.Andrea Freeman worked as Inspector (Special Education Needs) at Kirklees Metropolitan Council, UK.

• Introduction 1. The development of specialist residential provision for young people in difficulties 2. Stress and coping in residential settings 3. Characteristics of young people who are moved in and out of specialist residential provision and of their carers 4. Young people’s experiences of stress in residential settings 5. Staff’s experiences of stress in residential settings 6. Culture and rituals of life in residential settings 7. Seeing life from different angles—staff and young people’s perceptions of routines (rituals) 8. The way forward