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Herbert, Sharonne D.; Harvey, Elizabeth A.; Roberts, Jasmin L.; Wichowski, Kayla; Lugo-Candelas, Claudia I. – Behavior Therapy, 2013
The present study evaluated the effectiveness of a parent training and emotion socialization program designed specifically for hyperactive preschoolers. Participants were 31 preschool-aged children whose parents were randomly assigned to a parent training (PT) or waitlist (WL) control group. PT parents took part in a 14-week parenting program that…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Socialization, Control Groups
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Laursen, Erik K. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2010
This article explores the evidence base for Positive Peer Culture (PPC) which is a total system for developing positive youth cultures in youth serving organizations. It challenges a popular belief among some researchers that group programs which bring together troubled youth are inherently negative.
Descriptors: Peer Groups, Youth, Youth Programs, Beliefs
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Kilgore, Deborah; Meade, Susan – Journal of Correctional Education, 2004
A boot camp is a military style correctional facility in which inmates are subject to a highly structured and challenging regimen of physical training, in addition to vocational, educational, and therapeutic programming (Cronin and Han, 1994; Austin, Jones, and Bolyard, 1993; Mackenzie and Souryal, 1991). Originally introduced to rehabilitate…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Adolescents, Males, Institutionalized Persons