Video interaction guidance in residential treatment

In Video Interaction Guidance the principles of Video Home Training are applied in the living group of a residential institution. Video Home Training is an intensive form of educational support. This method tries to restore the parents' pleasure in child-rearing by showing and discussing the positive contact initiatives with the child that have been recorded on video. In Video Interaction Guidance, the skills of the child care workers and the team counsellor are emphasized. A child care worker makes the video recordings and the team of workers analyzes these images under the direction of the team counsellor. This often increases mutual cooperation and attunement among group members. This enables the method to contribute to more explicit, methodical actions by the child care workers. More detailed research on the effects of the method is recommended.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]