Available from: EC 090 474.

The principal of a secondary school for emotionally disturbed adolescents describes the program at his school. (Author/PHR)

The article presents an approach (the Fagen-Long Curriculum) to developing skills for self-control as a means of preventing and reducing emotional and behavioral disorders in schools. (SBH)

The article briefly reviews and endorses the Youth Services System (YSS) in Pennsylvania (which treats juvenile delinquency), and discusses the YSS Youth Needs Survey (a tool which identifies critical areas to assist in the planning of delinquency intervention programs). (DLS)

The article discusses the comprehensive services offered emotionally disturbed preschool children by a voluntary social agency (the Childrens Center in Salt Lake City, Utah), focusing on activity group therapy, the major therapeutic tool used there. (Author/DLS)

Available from: EC 090 474. The Security Unit School--an educational and residential treatment model in Pennsylvania for 24 juvenile offenders (15-18 years old)--is described in terms of problems encountered in assimilating students into the program, planning a curriculum, developing effective instructional materials, and providing treatment. (SBH)

The article describes a program which provides vocational training, career planning, and therapeutic supervision for older emotionally disturbed adolescents (for whom facilities are so often not available). It is explained that resources for the program have come from the local board of education and the community mental hospital. (PHR)

The article critiques the Fagen-Long curriculum, an affective education program which provides emotionally disturbed and learning disturbed students with lessons in self-control. (SBH)

The article describes six European approaches to the therapeutic education of behavior disordered children and youth. (Author/DLS)

The article discusses the history, philosophy goals of a treatment program for seriously emotionally disturbed junior high school students. (Author/PHR)

Available from: EC 090 474. Outlined are the problems and objectives of Pennsylvania's Camp Hill Project--a program designed to complete psychological needs assessments for juveniles incarcerated at Camp Hill, to develop project policies and guidelines in preparation for meeting with juvenile court judges, and to hire staff. (SBH)

This study examined preliminary effectiveness of one of the first Project Re-ED (Re-education of Emotionally Disturbed children) residential treatment centers for children. Data were collected at admission, at discharge, and up to 6 months postdischarge. Findings show substantial decreases in problem behaviors and improvements in personal…

Aftercare is an interdisciplinary program which extends comprehensive service to emotionally disturbed children and their families following the child's discharge from residential treatment. (Author/BD)

To collect data on program descriptions in the field of serious emotional disturbance/behavioral disorders, an instrument was developed and field tested with 145 school districts. Findings indicated that few comprehensive program descriptions (outlining student identification procedures, instructional methods, community involvement, evaluation,…

A resource room and special station program for seriously emotionally disturbed junior high school youth is described. The author discusses the philosophy and programs of the Responsibility Resource Rooms and Resource Center. (Author/PHR)