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Direct linkForman, James, Jr. – Education Next, 2008
The author relates how the idea behind the school he founded came from events that transpired in the incarceration of a 16-year-old client, Eddie. Eddie, who was charged with trespassing and stealing, pleaded to the author that he wanted "a program" instead of going to jail. However, the court found him guilty and sent him to jail. Years later,…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Juvenile Justice
Peer reviewedMell, Lowry W.; Knotts, Ralph – Behavioral Disorders, 1976
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)
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Delinquency, Emotional Disturbances, Institutionalized Persons
Download full textLittle (Arthur D.), Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
The volunteer shelter bed program development guidelines in this booklet are offered as a community-based alternative to the institutionalization of status offenders. The volunteer shelter bed program is described as a nonsecure residential alternative for status offenders, which can be implemented without the creation of new facilities or the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Delinquency, Group Dynamics
Masterson, Russell W.; Melanphy, Robert F. – 1972
Presented are guidelines on planning and establishing a small, residential halfway house for the male adolescent/adult retardate in which mental health and use of the halfway house to replace institutionalization of selected retardates are emphasized. The halfway house is explained to be planned on premises of community participation and program…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Programs, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Education
National Association for Retarded Children, Arlington, TX. South Central Regional Office. – 1972
The third of four booklets on residential programing for the mentally retarded is intended to help parents evaluate residential services and participate in decisions about program design and implementation. Areas of appropriate program emphasis are indicated for different age groups and for the various degrees of mental retardation from profound…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Guidelines, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Calame, Robert; Parker, Kim – Reclaiming Children and Youth: The Journal of Strength-based Interventions, 2003
Aggression Replacement Training (ART) has been introduced and adopted with youth and families at Batshaw Youth and Family Centres in Montreal, Canada. The Batshaw philosophy of "Family Centered Practice" has generated a program which includes parents and significant others in what we call "Family ART" groups. Within the Batshaw…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Community Programs, Foreign Countries, Foster Care
