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Robst, John; Rohrer, Lodi; Armstrong, Mary; Dollard, Norin; Sharrock, Patty; Batsche, Catherine; Reader, Steven – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2013
Background: Family involvement is viewed as an important component of the treatment process for children in residential treatment centers, but little is known about the impact of contact with family members on changes in youth functioning. Objective: The goal of this study was to use administrative data to examine the association between family…
Descriptors: Child Behavior, Emotional Disturbances, Residential Programs, Family Involvement
Isaacs, Mareasa R.; Goldman, Sybil K. – 1985
This monograph presents descriptions of 11 residential and day treatment programs serving seriously emotionally disturbed youth. Each program's description includes information about the program's origins, type of children served, guiding philosophy and treatment approach, services offered, work with families, linkages with other child-serving…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Day Programs, Delivery Systems
Henderson, Elissa, Ed.; Algarin, Alissa, Ed. – Update: Improving Services for Emotionally Disturbed Children, 1991
This compilation of four annual newsletter issues on services for children with emotional disturbances presents reports of activities, meetings, services, and programs around the country as well as various feature articles. Activities funded under the Child and Adolescent Service System Program are highlighted. In the Winter 1988-89 issue, an…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Child Welfare, Children
Knitzer, Jane; Olson, Lynn – 1982
At least two-thirds of the 3,000,000 seriously disturbed children and adolescents in the United States do not get the mental health services they need; countless others receive inappropriate care. This volume examines why the needs of troubled children and adolescents are not met and indicates what responsible officials, concerned advocates, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, Children, Delivery Systems
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Greenbaum, Paul E.; And Others – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 1996
This study compiled descriptive data over 7 years on 812 school-age children with serious emotional disturbance (SED), including demographic and family characteristics, level of psychological and adaptive functioning, services received in either residential mental health treatment facilities or community-based special education programs, and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior Disorders, Children
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Kumpfer, Karol L. – Future of Children, 1991
Discusses treatment modalities for drug-abusing women. The following are barriers that prevent women, particularly pregnant women, from getting treatment they need: (1) lack of programs admitting women; (2) lack of programs tailored to women; and (3) fear and isolation experienced by drug-abusing women. (SLD)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Etiology
Liberton, Cindy, Ed.; Kutash, Krista, Ed.; Friedman, Robert M., Ed. – 1996
This proceedings document includes papers presented at a conference on children's mental health, systems of care, and research. Papers are grouped into 11 chapters which address the following topics: (1) program and system evaluations (nine papers); (2) managed care in children's mental health (six papers); (3) accountability and information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children