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Service-Learning in Physical Education Teacher Training. Physical Education in the Modelo Prison, Barcelona
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Lleixà, Teresa; Ríos, Merche – Qualitative Research in Education, 2015
In the Psychiatric Unit of the Modelo Prison, Barcelona, a physical education programme is carried out annually with the participation of University of Barcelona (UB) students. In this context, we carried out a study based on service-learning parameters. The aim of the study was twofold: to determine the impact on inmates of the physical education…
Descriptors: Service Learning, Physical Education, Teacher Education, Correctional Institutions
Enhancing Treatment Team Process through Mindfulness-Based Mentoring in an Inpatient Psychiatric Hospital
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Singh, Nirbhay N.; Singh, Subhashni D.; Sabaawi, Mohamed; Myers, Rachel E.; Wahler, Robert G. – Behavior Modification, 2006
The authors investigated changes in treatment team functioning in an adult inpatient psychiatric hospital after the implementation of a mindfulness-based mentoring intervention. Using a multiple baseline across treatment teams design, the authors assessed levels of functioning of three treatment teams using a 50-item rating scale and then…
Descriptors: Therapy, Psychiatric Hospitals, Patients, Rating Scales
Housing First Services for People Who Are Homeless with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse
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Padgett, Deborah K.; Gulcur, Leyla; Tsemberis, Sam – Research on Social Work Practice, 2006
The literature on homeless adults with severe mental illness is generally silent on a critical issue surrounding service delivery--the contrast between housing first and treatment first program philosophies. This study draws on data from a longitudinal experiment contrasting a housing first program (which offers immediate permanent housing without…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Homeless People, Mental Disorders, Drug Use
Child Outcomes of a Field Experiment on Intensive In-Home Interventions for Children in Psychiatric Crisis.
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Evans, Mary E.; Boothroyd, Roger A.; Holohean, Edward J., Jr. – 1996
This paper describes the Home-Based Crisis Intervention (HBCI) program in New York and the outcomes of a study that investigated the effectiveness of the program. The HBCI program provides short-term intensive in-home services to families with children who are at-risk for out-of-home placements. Counselors work with families to prevent psychiatric…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Counselors, Crisis Intervention
The Gould-Wysinger Awards: A Tradition of Excellence. Fact Sheet #44.
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Goodnow, Michael – 1996
A primary goal of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is to identify and promote programs that enhance the field of juvenile justice. Since 1992, the Gould-Wysinger Awards, commemorating two OJJDP professionals, have recognized programs that advance the objectives of the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Delinquency, Identification
Treating Children and Adolescents in Residential and Inpatient Settings. Developmental Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry. Volume 36.
Lyman, Robert D.; Campbell, Nancy R. – 1996
This book examines the various components of hospital, residential, and outpatient treatments for children and adolescents with mental disorders. Options and settings for residential care are presented, including the principles and practical issues, such as providing continuing education, that underlie the decision making for placement of youth in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Advocacy, Children, Cost Effectiveness