The "Utilization of Community Resources Schedule" was given to the residence administrators of the 155 participating community facilities during on-site interviews. Results indicated that the community was the major source of most of the resources examined. The exceptions, however, comprised critical areas of day-to-day existence: socializing,…

The relative seriousness of 24 adverse events was rated by 630 children in care, direct caregivers, institutional managers, public child welfare workers, facility board members, and foster parents. A tendency existed to judge the seriousness on the basis of setting and presence of a consequence. (CL)

The paper highlights national trends in the public residential service system for people with mental retardation including annual change in the number of state institutional facilities, the average daily residents per facility, annual change in the average daily residents, including first admissions, readmissions, and per diem cost of care.…

Lists, with annotations, several useful documents on residential adult education and gives a brief census of residential centers. Information about ordering documents is also given. (EB)

Annual summer courses at the University of Keele, England, bring together about 100 highly motivated home degree (correspondence study) students for two weeks of intense academic work in seminars and tutorial groups. (LY)

A brief evaluative survey of the February, 1970, residential workshop held at Quetico Centre, Ontario, for persons having operational responsibility of various residential education centers across Canada. (LY)

Describes system wherein adolescents participating in token economy at state hospital could appeal fines received from staff. Although almost half of fines were upheld by review board, complaints of unfairness from adolescents and denials of responsibility declined drastically. Number of residents appealing fines fell from four per week to less…

Describes an alternative treatment model developed at Starr Commonwealth for sexually reactive and offending children and youth. This model's strength-based interventions have been shown to be effective in fostering positive connections to adults and peers and in breaking patterns of offending. (Author/MKA)

This article describes the clinical practice of two male art therapists and their work with male adolescent sex offenders in a residential treatment facility. The authors share experiences of working with clients who, in addition to being offenders, were diagnosed with a mental illness and were themselves victims of sexual abuse. The function of…

Background: Interpersonal staff behaviour is one of the instigating factors associated with challenging behaviour in clients with intellectual disabilities (ID). There are several studies focusing on the influence of intrapersonal staff characteristics--such as beliefs, attributions and emotional reactions--on staff behaviour. Little is known,…

It has been estimated that approximately 20% of children experience some form of mental health problem, with 14% in the clinical range. Residential mental health treatment is often reserved for those with the most severe presentation of disorder, and intensive home-based alternatives have been developed to cope with increasing demand. The purpose…

This study examined correlates of methamphetamine (MA) and marijuana (MJ) use and treatment response among treatment-involved youth (N = 4,430) in Los Angeles County, California treated between 2000 and 2005. Of the sample, 912 (21%) were primary MA and 3,518 (79%) were primary MJ users. Correlates of increased MA use included being female, White,…

Adolescents who are required to live away from their families of origin face many challenges that can affect mood and mental health. Milieu therapists (mental health associates) working with adolescents in a residential treatment center may be expected to provide group activities that promote mental health. It is important for new group leaders to…

Three years of outcome data for foster youth (n = 106) discharged from a one-of-kind residential education service are presented. Findings were that 50% of respondents attended college at some point. Youth reported having 2 or 3 jobs a year with at least one bout of unemployment. Most of the non-college bound youth reported working in low-wage…

Administered by the Department of Labor (Labor), Job Corps received about $1.6 billion in program year 2007 and served about 60,000 students. Some have expressed concern that Job Corps centers are not meeting planned enrollment goals, particularly for women. To address these concerns, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reviewed the: (1)…