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Edwards, Carolyn Pope; Cotton, Janice N.; Zhao, Wen; Muntaner-Gelabert, Jeronia – Young Children, 2010
In 1998 a group of American adoptive parents led by Jenny Bowen created Half the Sky Foundation (HTS) to provide nurturing care and education for children living in Chinese orphanages (known as children's welfare institutions). Jenny, a former screenwriter and film director, and her husband Richard wanted to ensure that the children still waiting…
Descriptors: Young Children, Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Child Welfare
Holstead, Jenell; Dalton, Jim; Horne, Anita; Lamond, Diane – Child Welfare, 2010
Much controversy exists regarding the effectiveness of residential treatment. Recently, emerging research has demonstrated that community-based residential treatment has more positive long-term outcomes for youth. This article describes a community-based program that was implemented at a residential treatment agency serving youth. Targeted…
Descriptors: Residential Programs, Outcomes of Treatment, Program Effectiveness, Youth Opportunities

Weisfeld, David; Laser, Martin S. – Social Work, 1976
The author explains why weekend visits home are incorporated into the overall treatment plan of each child at the Alpha House, a residential treatment center. (HMV)
Descriptors: Home Visits, Parent School Relationship, Program Descriptions, Rehabilitation Programs

Maloney, Dennis M.; And Others – Child Welfare, 1977
The "Bringing It All Back Home" project at a North Carolina center provides an example of the teacher-based Model for troubled adolescents in group homes. (MS)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Models, Paraprofessional Personnel
Training and Research Inst. for Residential Youth Centers, Inc., New Haven, CT. – 1971
This manual is designed to provide a review of the Residential Youth Center (RYC) program. In 1968, the Department of Labor funded the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers, Inc. (TRI-RYC) which attempts to improve the quality of life in the urban community. Such centers use a model that includes the following components:…
Descriptors: Guides, Labor Force Development, Models, Program Descriptions

Flanagan, Dan – International Journal of Career and Continuing Education, 1975
Adult residential programs are examined in terms of their effectiveness, characteristics, participants, models, and literature. A variety of adult learners are served through these programs, which attempt to integrate living experiences with learning. Research is stated as inconclusive, failing to isolate the effectiveness of the residential…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Educational Programs
Dell Orto, Arthur E. – 1974
This paper presents a rationale for family involvement in the drug rehabilitation effort. This is based on the significant role the family plays during the process of overcoming the impact of disability. The perspective of this paper is a result of the author's experience over a three-year period with families of drug abusers and their attempts to…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Drug Abuse, Drug Rehabilitation, Drug Therapy
Training and Research Inst. for Residential Youth Centers, Inc., New Haven, CT. – 1970
This report describes and details the experiences of the Training and Research Institute for Residential Youth Centers (TRI-RYC) during its first year of operation. The TRI-RYC was established by the Department of Labor, Office of Special Manpower Programs, to provide a capability for initiating, training staff for, and evaluating the…
Descriptors: Job Training, Labor Force Development, Models, Program Descriptions
Morgenstein, Melvin; Strongin, Harriet – 1972
A major aspect of therapeutic programs conducted for drug addicts involves residential centers where group dynamics and self-discipline form the central operating themes. This project was designed to implement and observe an educational program design for resident drug addicts in an attempt to reduce recidivism and to prepare them for productive…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation, Educational Environment
Walters, Wansley; Dembo, Richard; Beaulaurier, Richard; Cocozza, Joseph; De La Rosa, Mario; Poythress, Norman; Skowyra, Kathy; Veysey, Bonita M. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2005
The Miami-Dade Juvenile Assessment Center National Demonstration Project (NDP) is serving as a national model for the transformation of front end services in the juvenile justice system in a unique sociocultural setting.We discuss the background and vision of the NDP, its implementation and accomplishments in six major program areas: (1)…
Descriptors: Intervention, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness, Juvenile Justice
Canter, Patricia; And Others – 1977
The services of the Living Skills Center for the Visually Handicapped, a habilitative service for blind young adults, are described. It is explained that the Center houses its participants in their own apartments in a large complex and has served over 70 young people in 4 years. The evaluation section describes such assessment instruments as an…
Descriptors: Cleaning, Clothing Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Hygiene
Adams, Frank – 1975
The book recounts the history and explains the philosophy of Highlander Folk School in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. Devoted to social reform, the school has functioned in an unconventional way to develop leadership and participation in three social movements in the South: the labor organizing drives of the thirties, the civil rights…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Black Leadership, Civil Rights