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Doenyas, Ceymi – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2016
We propose an unprecedented intervention for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and their parents: the social living complex. Unlike existing social skills interventions, peer-mediated interventions here are not limited to the school/experiment duration and setting. Whereas other supported living services house adults with ASD only,…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Intervention, Models
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Ebesutani, Chad; Fierstein, Matthew; Viana, Andres G.; Trent, Lindsay; Young, John; Sprung, Manuel – Psychology in the Schools, 2015
Identifying mechanisms that explain the relationship between anxiety and depression are needed. The Tripartite Model is one model that has been proposed to help explain the association between these two problems, positing a shared component called negative affect. The objective of the present study was to examine the role of loneliness in relation…
Descriptors: Correlation, Psychological Patterns, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
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Magrinelli Orsi, Mylene; Lafortune, Denis; Brochu, Serge – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2010
This article reviews the literature published in the last 20 years on working alliance in adolescents involuntarily enrolled in intervention programs. Firstly, Bordin's adaptation of the concept of working alliance to adolescent populations is discussed. This is followed by an analysis of the main results of empirical studies on helping…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Institutionalized Persons, Residential Programs, Intervention
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Murray, Maureen M.; Southerland, Dannia; Farmer, Elizabeth M.; Ballentine, Kess – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
Evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for children with severe behavioral and emotional problems have received a great deal of attention in children's mental health. Therapeutic foster care (TFC), a residential intervention for youth with emotional or behavioral problems, is one of the few community-based programs that is considered to be…
Descriptors: Emotional Disturbances, Intervention, Children, Foster Care
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Stewart, Janet; Todd, Nick; Kopeck, Cameron – Journal of Child and Family Studies, 2010
The Habitat Program at Wood's Homes, Calgary, Alberta, is an eight bed residential treatment program for conduct-disordered youth who have been exposed or subjected to high levels of violence in their family home. The program was based on the assumption that working effectively with such youth requires consideration of the background experiences…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Residential Programs, Males, Adolescents
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Park, Juyoung; Carlson, George; Weinstein, Stanley; Lee, Bethany – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2008
This study describes the Restorative Healing Model used at the Woodbourne Center (Baltimore) to improve socially adaptive functioning and behaviors among youth residing in a residential treatment center. This treatment model requires collaborative work with youth, their families, staff members, and community members. Unlike program models built on…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Models, Clinics, Adolescents
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Affronti, Melissa L.; Levison-Johnson, Jody – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2009
Residential programs for children and youth are increasingly implementing engagement strategies to promote family-centered and family-driven models of care (Leichtman, 2008). The practice of engagement is a fairly new area of research, especially in residential care. Driven by their goal to increase the use of state-of-the-art family engagement…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Human Services, Residential Programs, Models
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Doerr, Allison – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2008
The Developmental Audit[R] is a comprehensive means of assessment and treatment planning that identifies the coping strategies underlying a youth's maladaptive and self-defeating behavior. This is a strength-based assessment that engages youth in conflict in the process of generating solutions rather than focusing on deficits. This process…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Coping, Ecology, Program Effectiveness
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Johnston, J. M.; Shook, Gerald L. – Mental Retardation, 1993
Elements of a model for delivering statewide behavioral programing services to individuals with mental retardation in residential, training, and educational settings are described. The model includes such components as identification of levels of behavioral competence among staff members, an intervention approval process, regional behavioral…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Denkowski, George C.; And Others – 1983
A model for habilitating mentally retarded adolescent offenders is described. Discussion of historical background indicates a lack of programs for this population. A data-based profile of the population covers range of developmental delay, adaptive behavior scores, social skill development, academic achievement, arrest history, racial composition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Design, Community Programs, Delinquency
Silverman, Wade H.; And Others – 1987
The four sections in this document on the Devereux Model were written by different authors who work at the Devereux Center in Georgia and were presented as part of a symposium on the model. "The Devereux Model: Intensive Intervention with Children for Competency and Life Enhancement" (Wade H. Silverman) describes the Devereux Center as a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Children, Competence
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Ragan, Patricia E. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
A modified cooperative learning methodology was implemented with 12 boys at a residential treatment center for oppositional adolescents. Despite their volatile behavior, limited self-control, deficient prosocial skills, and lack of group experience, they responded positively to the experience. The model is felt to effectively enhance cooperation,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Behavior Disorders
Newton, J. Stephen; Horner, Robert H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1993
A "social guide" model was used to teach staff of an apartment-based residential program to use a set of "community network strategies" to improve the social relationships of three women with severe or moderate mental retardation. The intervention resulted in increased size of participants' social networks and more frequent social integration…
Descriptors: Adults, Females, Interpersonal Competence, Intervention
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Clark, Jennifer J.; Dixon, David N. – Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 1997
The social self-concepts of four gifted high school students attending a rigorous residential program were examined before and after participation in a social skills workshop patterned after the Culcross and Jenkins-Friedman (1988) model. Contrary to expectation, the subjects did not demonstrate an increase in their social self-concepts.…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Gifted, High School Students, High Schools
Kryzanowski, Elaine – 1992
This document presents a literature review on effective educational programs for students with severe behavior disorders. The literature review's scope includes definitions of relevant terminology, statistics on prevalence, descriptions of several conceptual models and how they affect perceptions of the etiology of behavior disorders and thus the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Day Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
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