Meaning-making and intervention in child and youth care practice
Garfat, Thom (2004) Meaning-making and intervention in child and youth care practice. Scottish Journal of Residential Child Care, 3 (1). ISSN 1478-1840
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Abstract
In the past few years the subject of how one makes meaning of one's experiences, or meaning-making, has been a subject of frequent focus in the Child and Youth Care literature in North America (See, for example, Garfat, 1998; Krueger, 1994, 1998; VanderVen, 1992). We do not really know, however, whether meaning is pre-existent, or whether each of us is ultimately the 'author of his or her own life design' (Yalom, 1989, p. 8), creating meaning individually as we move through life. It has generally been accepted in the helping professions, however, that meaning is created as we encounter our experiences (Peterson, 1988; White & Epson, 1990; Watzlawick, 1990) creating for each of us a unique and individualised experience of an event. We also do not know, specifically, how meaning is created by the individual. It appears, however, that culture, personal history, sequencing, and specific circumstance play an important role in determining how one uses one's personal interpretive frame to make meaning of his or her encounters (Bruner, 1990 ; Fulcher, 1991; Goffman, 1974; Guttman, 1991). Each of us, then, brings to the making of meaning our individual experiences.
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https://doi.org/10.17868/strath.00086276-
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Item type: Article ID code: 86276 Dates: DateEvent28 February 2004PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Social Sciences > Social pathology. Social and public welfare > Social service. Social work. Charity organization and practiceDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Centre for Excellence for Children's Care and Protection (CELCIS) Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 25 Jul 2023 10:57 Last modified: 04 Dec 2024 01:28 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/86276