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Tucker, Anita R.; Bettmann, Joanna E.; Norton, Christine L.; Comart, Casey – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2015
Background: Considering the sensitive ethical issues related to involuntary treatment of adolescents, research investigating youth transport practices and treatment outcomes is clearly needed. Youth transport is common practice in many private pay programs, including wilderness therapy programs. Objective: This study of 350 adolescents in…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Outdoor Education, Outcomes of Treatment, Milieu Therapy
DeJong, Judith A.; Holder, Stanley R. – American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 2006
At the No Treatment Day School, less than 15% of students used the dormitory during the school week. Located in the heart of a reservation and serving local students, the K-12 school enrolled over 1,000 students. The site received Therapeutic Residential Model funding for the 2001-2002 school year. Initial evaluation of this site found an array of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Milieu Therapy, Program Evaluation, Dormitories
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Frankel, Barbara – Evaluation and Program Planning: An International Journal, 1982
Daily participant observations of social development over two years at Family House, a residential treatment program, were coded into a narrative and analyzed using a phenomenological perspective allowing "native categories" of significance to emerge and guide the analysis. The strengths and limitations of this novel research strategy…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Longitudinal Studies, Milieu Therapy, Observation
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Adams, David B. – Adolescence, 1980
Presents data regarding an approach to delinquency rehabilitation involving 24-hour residential care, various types of counseling, and individualized instruction within the adolescent's community. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Family Counseling, Group Therapy