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Holstead, 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
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Lyons, John S.; Woltman, Heather; Martinovich, Zoran; Hancock, Brian – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2009
A variety of factors are putting great pressure on residential treatment centers to justify their role in the child serving system through evidence of impact on the lives of children, youth, and families. The present study describes the role of residential treatment from an outcomes perspective in a midsized state over the course of a 5 year…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs, Institutional Role
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Miccio, Adele W.; Powell, Thomas W. – Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2010
Generalization refers to the extension of learned behaviours to novel conditions, and it is one of the criteria by which the effectiveness and efficiency of a remediation programme may be judged. This article extracts principles of generalization from the treatment literature, and provides examples of how this information may be used to help guide…
Descriptors: Generalization, Group Activities, Group Therapy, Summer Programs