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The Power of Community
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Lange, Brenda – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
This article features Community Service Foundation/Buxmont Academy (CSF Buxmont) school, in Trevose, Pennsylvania, which operates alternative schools using restorative practices. CSF Buxmont operates eight schools, 16 foster group homes, and probation and drug-and-alcohol supervision programs for youth, which are demonstration programs of the…
Descriptors: Individual Counseling, Intervention, Models, Functional Behavioral Assessment
The Restorative Justice Center: An Alternative to School Detention
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Ashworth, Julie; Van Bockern, Steve; Ailts, Julie; Donnelly, Jason; Erickson, Kelsey; Woltermann, Jenna – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
The traditional "stay silent, sit still, do nothing" school detention approach is a punitive and ineffective way to change behavior. It does little to create positive school climates. For children who have been traumatized through fear, isolation, and emotional abuse, poorly managed detention can add to that trauma. A restorative justice approach…
Descriptors: Mentors, Intervention, Antisocial Behavior, Juvenile Justice
The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics
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Perry, Bruce D.; Hambrick, Erin P. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
Over the last 20 years, the clinical teams at The ChildTrauma Academy have been adapting their clinical practice to be better informed by the core principles of neurodevelopment and neuroscience. The hope is that by better understanding how the brain changes they will better understand the effects of maltreatment on the child and, thereby,…
Descriptors: Therapy, Functional Behavioral Assessment, Intervention, Clinical Psychology
Authentic Assessment for Restorative Outcomes
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Doerr, Allison – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
The Developmental Audit[R] is a comprehensive means of assessment and treatment planning that identifies the coping strategies underlying a youth's maladaptive and self-defeating behavior. This is a strength-based assessment that engages youth in conflict in the process of generating solutions rather than focusing on deficits. This process…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Coping, Ecology, Program Effectiveness
Clinician or Witness? The Intervener's Relationship with Traumatized Children
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Steele, William – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
To heal the hurt child, one begins not as a clinician but as a person trying to witness how the child experiences trauma. This requires more than just talking since the child's terrifying memories are stored in the brain's senses and visual imagery, not in rational thoughts and words. The goal is to change these frightening sensory experiences…
Descriptors: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Counselor Client Relationship, Intervention, Models
Life Space Crisis Intervention and Functional Behavioral Assessment: The Guiding Models.
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McGowan, Lawrence P. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2002
The Conflict Cycle employed in Life Space Crisis Intervention offers a model for conducting functional assessment with students facing disciplinary action for behavior that may be related to emotional disturbance and other disabilities. This article analyzes the Conflict Cycle, using principles from cognitive behavioral science. (Contains 13…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Crisis Intervention, Discipline, Functional Behavioral Assessment