Child and Youth Residential Care and educational prevention strategies for anti-social behaviour

Abstract

Child and Youth Residential Care, in welcoming the child and the young person coming from the net of social disadvantage, existential marginality and educational poverty, aims to counter the development of antisocial behaviors by offering personalized planning to guarantee: well-being, healthy spaces for growth and socialization, support and continuity in school attendance, criteria of action and self-regulation rules, alternative behavioral models, compared to those experienced in the family. The educational intervention is aimed at the person, at the defense and enhancement of the human profile towards which the entire educa- tional project extends. The contribution sets out some criteria for planning and conducting the educational intervention of community workers and thus offering crucial protective factors of prevention against the onset of antisocial behavior in children and young people in care.