Motivational Interviewing: Relationship in Action

Motivational Interviewing: Relationship in Action –  Richard Armstrong Chief Clinical Officer   “We think we listen, but very rarely do we listen with real understanding, true empathy. Yet listening, of this very special kind, is one of the most potent forces for change that I know”. Carl Rogers (1980, p.129). A way of being. New…

The Development of Routines, Anchor Points, and Outside Limits (Outside Limits – Part 3 of 3)

– Alvin Weaver Regional Administrator of Residential Services    Outside limits are rules on which there can be no negotiation because they concern areas in which the safety or well-being of the child is at stake. An outside limit is involved if a child is either endangering himself, another, or property, in a way that will have lasting…