This thesis examines MTFC (Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care), a multi-modal treatment programme for youth with severe behaviour problems) in a Swedish context. In the United States, the programme has demonstrated encouraging treatment results using specialized foster homes as an alternative to restrictive residential care or group care. The foster parents provide a structured and therapeutic

The purpose of this article is to discuss how the aristocracy used space and landscape to strengthen their position in society and how this process developed from the Viking Age to the Middle Ages.

Social kompetens är ett uttryck som vi vant oss vid att se i arbetsrelaterade sammanhang. Det används ofta och naturligt av många men betydelsen är inte desto mindre mycket oklar. Arbetslivsforskare har i stort sett undvikit att arbeta med begreppet. Den här artikeln ger inte heller svar på vad social kompetens är, men tecknar en orsaksbakgrund till att man i arbetslivet är så intresserad av att r

This article focuses on objects from mainland Finland retrieved in the graves of the Viking Age town Birka in the Mälalen valley, Sweden. The main questions posed in the article are what people were buried with these items and what can be concluded about their cultural identity. In the article the artefacts from mainland Finland are presented as well as their contexts. An examination of the find a

In the humanitarian aid context, the availability of essential commodities in the right quantities and at the right time and place is crucial for the survival of beneficiaries. In order to avoid the risks associated with a limited supplier base, non-profit organizations are increasingly becoming aware of the need to diversify their supply base and to include the for profit, or corporate sector. Si

Detta förord till Bertil Malmberg. Diktaren i sitt sekel. Artiklar, tillfällesdikter och opublicerade manuskript i urval av Peter Luthersson och Anders Mortensen berör författarens problematiska identitet som modernist.

In the last decades there has been an increased influence of ethnomusicology in music education research. This is reflected in the activities of international associations such as International Society for Music Education (ISME), International Music Council (IMC) and Cultural Diversity in Music Education (CDIME), as well as in a growing body of research (e.g. Drummond, 2005; Schippers, 2010; Szego

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