The authors suggest ways to establish quality behavioral programs within a hospital for the mentally ill. They emphasize the importance of staff morale, consistency of effort, teamwork, staff training and reinforcement. Procedures said to be responsible for successful maintenance include a flexible credit economy system. (Author/CL)

That's what's in store for youth at the Kansas Boys Industrial School, thanks to an innovative residential treatment program. (Editor)

Unitization--placement of institutionalized mentally retarded persons from a common geographical area into a series of living arrangements in the same residential area--is discussed in terms of its implications and meaning for the social worker and the resident. (Author/IM)

This paper describes a program of activity group therapy (utilizing child care workers as co-therapists) in two residential treatment centers. Activity group therapy was used to extend the child care worker's influence, to provide him with interactional opportunities in a different relationship system and to further his training in the group. (MS)

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)

Article describes results of a clinical study of teen-aged boys living in a residential halfway house for socially disturbed youth, prototypes for changing their life styles, and implications for occupational therapists as interventive treatment agents. (Author)

Instead of completely separating children from the parents who caused their original problems, parental-child interaction and parental help are encouraged at this residential treatment center. (MK)

Fifty significant figures in the field of mental retardation in Australia were sampled by means of a Three Round Delphi probe on their opinions of future residential services for mentally retarded persons in Australia. Changes predicted significant departures from historical and current practices. (Author/CL)

The study explores the psychosocial problems and treatment needs of 50 children (6 to 12 years old upon entering placement) who remained in foster care for five years. The results raised questions about the appropriateness and adequacy of foster care and residential placement for this vulnerable group of children. (Author/SBH)

Describes a residential treatment program for emotionally disturbed children which used a computerized method for cross-confirming information about the functioning of children. (CM)