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Direct linkHolstead, Jenell; Dalton, Jim; Horne, Anita; Lamond, Diane – Child Welfare, 2010
Much controversy exists regarding the effectiveness of residential treatment. Recently, emerging research has demonstrated that community-based residential treatment has more positive long-term outcomes for youth. This article describes a community-based program that was implemented at a residential treatment agency serving youth. Targeted…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Effectiveness, Youth Opportunities
Peer reviewedScallon, Richard J.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1976
Describes a behavior modification program that has proved effective with boys with learning and behavior problems. (SB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Development, Behavior Modification
Peer reviewedDimock, Edmund T. – Child Welfare, 1977
Argues that a group home program to divert predelinquent youths from the juvenile criminal system requires a structured therapeutic setting, stress on solving family problems and community acceptance of the group homes. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Delinquency Prevention, Group Experience
Peer reviewedHerstein, Norman; Simon, Neal – Child Welfare, 1977
Outlines a group-oriented residential treatment model for emotionally disturbed adolescents, aged 13-18. Key features include use of therapeutic language and value systems, delineation of developmental expectations, formation of a positive peer culture, and emphasis on the group process for both therapy and decision making. (Author/BF)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedRosen, Paul M.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1980
Describes a family-style, community-based program for severely disturbed adolescents which uses a "point-and-fine" treatment system in which earned points can be exchanged for privileges or lost as fines. The whole treatment combines operant, modeling, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. (CM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Change Strategies, Community Programs
Peer reviewedMcInnis, Elizabeth T.; Marholin, David, II – Child Welfare, 1977
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Children
Peer reviewedSanson-Fisher, Robert; Stotter, Kim – Child Welfare, 1977
It is argued that successful therapeutic work with individuals and families in their natural environment can be greatly facilitated by the use of contracts. The steps that are essential in drawing up an effective contract are outlined. (MS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Family Counseling, Home Programs, Reinforcement
Residential Short-Term Camping for Children With Behavior Problems: A Behavior Modification Approach
Peer reviewedRawson, Harve E. – Child Welfare, 1973
A short-term camping program promoted significant gains in behavior and in academic adjustment for children with social and school problems. Followup work was found essential to sustain the progress. (ST)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Identification (Psychology), Operant Conditioning
Peer reviewedBardill, Donald R. – Child Welfare, 1973
The group therapy techniques described were designed on a behavior-contracting model and combine activities and verbal communication in a program to control behavior and enhance personal relationships. (ST)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Emotional Disturbances, Group Counseling
Peer reviewedMeyer, Margrit; And Others – Child Welfare, 1973
Describes new incentive program which has eased adult-child tension in a home for disturbed adolescents. (ST)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Drug Abuse, Incentives
Peer reviewedRhodes, Warren – Child Welfare, 1977
Discusses problems that often occur in the implementation and maintenance of incentive programs in residential institutions for adolescents. Suggests recommendations for overcoming these problems. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Welfare
Peer reviewedWebster, Carole T. – Child Welfare, 1974
Describes how a social worker made a group treatment program a permanent part of a small, rural, junior high school in order to aid students with behavioral problems. (Author/ED)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Discipline, Group Dynamics
Peer reviewedSmith, Anne B.; Newcombe, Penelope – Child Welfare, 1976
Collaboration in behavior modification among consultants, administrators and teaching staff was found effective in solving child management problems in a day care center. (GO)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Consultants
Peer reviewedMaier, Henry W. – Child Welfare, 1975
A discussion of the interpersonal and organizational underpinnings of group living and residential care for children. (Author/CS)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Child Caregivers, Child Development, Group Experience
Peer reviewedMillman, Howard L.; Schaefer, Charles E. – Child Welfare, 1975
Report on the use of a behavior rating scale at a residential center for emotionally disturbed children. (BRT)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Behavior Rating Scales, Elementary Education
