Laura Steckley
Biographic Data
| ID | 228816 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Steckley |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura |
| FAMILY NAME | Steckley |
| SIGNATURE | STECKLEY L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6021-2302 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Transference and Countertransference from an Attachment Perspective: A Guide for Professional Caregivers, Una McCluskey and Michael O’Toole
‘Whether they be a therapist or a taxi driver, if the person seeking help is in distress’, their interaction ‘arouse[s] the dynamics of attachment in both the seeker and provider’ (p. 14). This simultaneous arousal is the focus of Una McCluskey and Michael O’Toole’s book, Transference and Countertransference from an Attachment Perspective: A Guide for Professional Caregivers. While the authors identify a range of professionals (including social w…
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 1, the selves of learners and their praxis
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 2, relational practice as threshold
Catharsis, Containment and Physical Restraint in Residential Child care
In residential child care, physical restraint continues to be a contentious and high-risk intervention with potential for physical and psychological harm to all involved. Its relationship to catharsis is poorly understood and rarely addressed in policy, practice and literature. Indeed, there is a paucity of application of catharsis theory to residential child care (or social work generally). This article redresses this gap by presenting findings …
The core of care ethics
A review of "The Core of Care Ethics", by S. Collins. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-137-01144-2, pp. 191, £66.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-137-01144-2
Therapeutic Residential Child Care for Children and Young People: An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice
I feel a huge responsibility to make sure that every child who is in ‘out of home’ care has the opportunity to have the choice of experiencing a sense of family and of home – for as long as it takes ... I hope in my lifetime to see the implementation of a more humane system of care of children (pp. 255–6). And so, in 1991, Susan Barton founded the Lighthouse Foundation, an organisation in Victoria, Australia, which provides therapeutic residentia…
Research leadership in writing for publication: A theoretical framework
Academics experience difficulty in managing competing tasks, particularly in relation to writing for publication. In a study conducted on a writing retreat, analysis of data obtained from academic writers revealed that facilitative leadership provided at a writing retreat was central to managing task complexity and writing‐related anxiety. The question remains, however, about how this leadership can be modelled in campus settings in order to cont…
Touch, Physical Restraint and Therapeutic Containment in Residential Child Care
The relationship between touch and physical restraint in residential child care is not well understood. Theories of therapeutic containment offer insight into the practice of physical restraint, the place of touch in residential child care practice and the impact of wider fears about touching between children and adults. Early experiences of containment necessarily involve touch through feeding, holding and other forms of soothing. Yet, for those…
Time is not enough: Promoting Strategic Engagement With Writing for Publication
Research, scholarship and publication are central to the work of higher education. However, even academics with the necessary research and writing skills can struggle to publish as often as they would like. Research suggests that a writing retreat is one solution; there is a process going on there that addresses the problem, but how it does so has not been fully explained. The authors used a novel approach, containment theory, to explain why the …
Care Ethics in Residential Child Care: A Different Voice
Despite the centrality of the term within the title, the meaning of ‘care’ in residential child care remains largely unexplored. Shifting discourses of residential child care have taken it from the private into the public domain. Using a care ethics perspective, we argue that public care needs to move beyond its current instrumental focus to articulate a broader ontological purpose, informed by what is required to promote children's growth and fl…
Containment and holding environments: Understanding and reducing physical restraint in residential child care
Ethical issues, research and vulnerability: Gaining the views of children and young people in residential care
Children and young people in residential care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. They may have experienced violence and physical, sexual or emotional abuse. They may be involved in offending or the misuse of drugs and alcohol. They are separated from their families and have to cope with living in a group situation with other young people and staff members. Children and young people in residential care also possess strengths, competen…
Physical Restraint in Residential Childcare: The experiences of young people and residential workers
There have long been concerns about the use of physical restraint in residential care. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study that explores the experiences of children, young people and residential workers of physical restraint. The research identifies the dilemmas and ambiguities for both staff and young people, and participants discuss the situations where they feel physical restraint is appropriate as well as their concerns …
Ethical issues, research and vulnerability: Gaining the views of children and young people in residential care
Children and young people in residential care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. They may have experienced violence and physical, sexual or emotional abuse. They may be involved in offending or the misuse of drugs and alcohol. They are separated from their families and have to cope with living in a group situation with other young people and staff members. Children and young people in residential care also possess strengths, competen…
Care Ethics in Residential Child Care: A Different Voice
Despite the centrality of the term within the title, the meaning of ‘care’ in residential child care remains largely unexplored. Shifting discourses of residential child care have taken it from the private into the public domain. Using a care ethics perspective, we argue that public care needs to move beyond its current instrumental focus to articulate a broader ontological purpose, informed by what is required to promote children's growth and fl…
Containment and holding environments: Understanding and reducing physical restraint in residential child care
Physical Restraint in Residential Childcare: The experiences of young people and residential workers
There have long been concerns about the use of physical restraint in residential care. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study that explores the experiences of children, young people and residential workers of physical restraint. The research identifies the dilemmas and ambiguities for both staff and young people, and participants discuss the situations where they feel physical restraint is appropriate as well as their concerns …
Touch, Physical Restraint and Therapeutic Containment in Residential Child Care
The relationship between touch and physical restraint in residential child care is not well understood. Theories of therapeutic containment offer insight into the practice of physical restraint, the place of touch in residential child care practice and the impact of wider fears about touching between children and adults. Early experiences of containment necessarily involve touch through feeding, holding and other forms of soothing. Yet, for those…
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 2, relational practice as threshold
Time is not enough: Promoting Strategic Engagement With Writing for Publication
Research, scholarship and publication are central to the work of higher education. However, even academics with the necessary research and writing skills can struggle to publish as often as they would like. Research suggests that a writing retreat is one solution; there is a process going on there that addresses the problem, but how it does so has not been fully explained. The authors used a novel approach, containment theory, to explain why the …
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 1, the selves of learners and their praxis
Ethical issues, research and vulnerability: Gaining the views of children and young people in residential care
Children and young people in residential care are some of the most vulnerable in our society. They may have experienced violence and physical, sexual or emotional abuse. They may be involved in offending or the misuse of drugs and alcohol. They are separated from their families and have to cope with living in a group situation with other young people and staff members. Children and young people in residential care also possess strengths, competen…
Physical Restraint in Residential Childcare: The experiences of young people and residential workers
There have long been concerns about the use of physical restraint in residential care. This article presents the findings of a qualitative study that explores the experiences of children, young people and residential workers of physical restraint. The research identifies the dilemmas and ambiguities for both staff and young people, and participants discuss the situations where they feel physical restraint is appropriate as well as their concerns …
Containment and holding environments: Understanding and reducing physical restraint in residential child care
Care Ethics in Residential Child Care: A Different Voice
Despite the centrality of the term within the title, the meaning of ‘care’ in residential child care remains largely unexplored. Shifting discourses of residential child care have taken it from the private into the public domain. Using a care ethics perspective, we argue that public care needs to move beyond its current instrumental focus to articulate a broader ontological purpose, informed by what is required to promote children's growth and fl…
Research leadership in writing for publication: A theoretical framework
Academics experience difficulty in managing competing tasks, particularly in relation to writing for publication. In a study conducted on a writing retreat, analysis of data obtained from academic writers revealed that facilitative leadership provided at a writing retreat was central to managing task complexity and writing‐related anxiety. The question remains, however, about how this leadership can be modelled in campus settings in order to cont…
Touch, Physical Restraint and Therapeutic Containment in Residential Child Care
The relationship between touch and physical restraint in residential child care is not well understood. Theories of therapeutic containment offer insight into the practice of physical restraint, the place of touch in residential child care practice and the impact of wider fears about touching between children and adults. Early experiences of containment necessarily involve touch through feeding, holding and other forms of soothing. Yet, for those…
Time is not enough: Promoting Strategic Engagement With Writing for Publication
Research, scholarship and publication are central to the work of higher education. However, even academics with the necessary research and writing skills can struggle to publish as often as they would like. Research suggests that a writing retreat is one solution; there is a process going on there that addresses the problem, but how it does so has not been fully explained. The authors used a novel approach, containment theory, to explain why the …
Therapeutic Residential Child Care for Children and Young People: An Attachment and Trauma-Informed Model for Practice
I feel a huge responsibility to make sure that every child who is in ‘out of home’ care has the opportunity to have the choice of experiencing a sense of family and of home – for as long as it takes ... I hope in my lifetime to see the implementation of a more humane system of care of children (pp. 255–6). And so, in 1991, Susan Barton founded the Lighthouse Foundation, an organisation in Victoria, Australia, which provides therapeutic residentia…
The core of care ethics
A review of "The Core of Care Ethics", by S. Collins. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, ISBN: 978-1-137-01144-2, pp. 191, £66.00 (hardback), ISBN: 978-1-137-01144-2
Catharsis, Containment and Physical Restraint in Residential Child care
In residential child care, physical restraint continues to be a contentious and high-risk intervention with potential for physical and psychological harm to all involved. Its relationship to catharsis is poorly understood and rarely addressed in policy, practice and literature. Indeed, there is a paucity of application of catharsis theory to residential child care (or social work generally). This article redresses this gap by presenting findings …
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 1, the selves of learners and their praxis
Threshold concepts in residential child care: Part 2, relational practice as threshold
Transference and Countertransference from an Attachment Perspective: A Guide for Professional Caregivers, Una McCluskey and Michael O’Toole
‘Whether they be a therapist or a taxi driver, if the person seeking help is in distress’, their interaction ‘arouse[s] the dynamics of attachment in both the seeker and provider’ (p. 14). This simultaneous arousal is the focus of Una McCluskey and Michael O’Toole’s book, Transference and Countertransference from an Attachment Perspective: A Guide for Professional Caregivers. While the authors identify a range of professionals (including social w…
Psychology (11 works) · Political science (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Computer Science (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Residential care (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Engineering (5 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works)