Describes a residential school program which emphasizes a behavioral orientation, enabling adults to increase their consistency and individualization for behaviorally disordered children. Implications for child care work outside the classroom setting are drawn. (ED)

There has recently been increased attention given to the widely perceived gap between research and practice in school psychology and education. The purpose of this article is to describe how Centennial School of Lehigh University, an alternative day school for students with emotional and behavioral disorders, was able to successfully implement and…