This article presents a psychotropic medication management approach that is used within a residential care program. The approach is used to assess medications at youths' times of entry and to facilitate decision making during care. Data from a typical case study have indicated that by making medication management decisions slowly, systematically,…

A day school for aggressive adolescents organized cooperatively by a school system, a youth guidance center and a state hospital is providing an alternative to institutionalization. Education and therapy are combined in a supportive setting. (MS)

Examines physical involvement as a therapeutic tool with acting-out children. Describes situations when physical involvement may be necessary and techniques of physical involvement. (JH)

Psychiatric care for deprived children presents special problems if treatment is undertaken in the office of a private practitioner. An experimental program indicates the effectiveness of supportive measures made possible through special funding. (Author/ST)

Describes a treatment program which combines cognitive, behavioral, and expressive therapies targeted at reducing dysfunctional patterns of cognition, affect, and behavior of aggressive youths. Also presents interventions for unwilling and resistant clients. (HTH)