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Peer reviewedAlschuler, Mari – Journal of Poetry Therapy, 1995
Discusses a poetry therapy group held at a supportive single room occupancy residence (SRO) in East Harlem, New York City. Describes the SRO, the group members, techniques, and work produced by members. Discusses issues of social integration, separation, and childhood as special difficulties of psychiatrically impaired people. Argues that poetry…
Descriptors: Group Activities, Mental Disorders, Poetry, Social Problems
Peer reviewedWachstein, Sonia – Child Welfare, 1972
Brooklyn's Public School 83, reestablished in 1968, is especially designed to treat children with emotional, behavioral and learning problems and enable them to return to classes in regular schools. The author believes special schools are preferable to special classes within existing schools. (Editor)
Descriptors: Creativity, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Individualized Instruction
Rothman, Esther P. – Ment Hyg, 1969
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Emotional Disturbances, Mental Health Programs
Download full textWilliams, Thelma M. – 1967
Evaluated are several programs for socially maladjusted public school children. These supportive services are an Early Identification Program, Junior Guidance classes, Special Guidance classes, and Career Guidance classes. Assessment focused on implementation of the Board of Education's plan to augment special services in these programs, and on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, Elementary School Students, Emotional Disturbances
Eismann, Edward P. – 1982
The Unitas Therapeutic Community is a mental health treatment and prevention program for Hispanic and Black children and teenagers in the South Bronx, New York City. Based on theories of therapeutic community and social psychology, Unitas stresses psychological methodologies that cultivate the healing potential present in all interpersonal…
Descriptors: Blacks, Community Involvement, Helping Relationship, Hispanic Americans
Farber, Anne; Rogler, Lloyd H. – 1981
Unitas, a therapeutic community outreach program serving Hispanic and black children in the South Bronx, New York, is described in this ethnographic study. The first chapter of this monograph describes the organizational structure of Unitas including the ordering of the program's activities and the composition of the staff, teenage workers, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Children, Elementary Secondary Education
KOLTUV, MYRON; NEFF, WALTER S. – 1967
A SAMPLE OF 236 FORMER MENTAL PATIENTS WAS DIVIDED INTO (1) AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP OF 111 CLIENTS WHO RECEIVED FROM 6 TO 12 MONTHS OF AN INTENSIVE AND GRADED SERIES OF VOCATIONAL EXPERIENCES, WITH SUPPORTING PERSONAL AND THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, (2) A CONTROL GROUP OF 40, AND (3) TWO COMPARISON GROUPS OF 63 AND 40 CLIENTS. SOME PURPOSES OF THE STUDY…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis, Control Groups
