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Direct linkJones, Logan Carroll – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this qualitative research study is to explore and describe the experiences of transformative learning in seminary students and clergy who have participated in a Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) residency program while providing pastoral care to patients in an acute care hospital setting. This research focuses on the affective…
Descriptors: Evidence, Learning Theories, Clergy, Grief
Bakermans-Kranenburg, Marian J.; Bos, Karen; Bunkers, Kelley McCreery; Dobrova-Krol, Natasha A.; Engle, Patrice L.; Fox, Nathan A.; Gamer, Gary N.; Goldman, Philip; Groark, Christina J.; Greenberg, Aaron; Grotevant, Harold D.; Groza, Victor K.; Gunnar, Megan R.; Johnson, Dana E.; Juffer, Femmie; Kreppner, Jana M.; Le Mare, Lucy; McCall, Robert B.; Muhamedrahimov, Rifkat J.; Nelson, Charles A., III; Palacios, Jesus; Sonuga-Barke, Edmund J. S.; Steele, Howard; Steele, Miriam; Tieman, Wendy; van IJzendoorn, Marinus H.; Verhulst, Frank C.; Vorria, Panayiota; Zeanah, Charles H. – Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 2011
This monograph reviews literature pertaining to children without permanent parents. Chapters review (1) the development of children while institutional residents; (2) the development of postinstitutionalized children transitioned to family environments (i.e., adoption); the effects of institutionalization on (3) attachment behaviors, (4) physical…
Descriptors: Evidence, Childrens Rights, Child Welfare, Young Children
Download full textBloom, Dan; Gardenhire-Crooks, Alissa; Mandsager, Conrad – MDRC, 2009
High school dropouts face daunting odds of success in a labor market that increasingly rewards education and skills. This report presents very early results from a rigorous, independent evaluation of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program, an intensive residential program that aims to "reclaim the lives" of young people ages 16 to 18…
Descriptors: Dropouts, High Schools, Youth Programs, Residential Programs
Baker, Amy J. L.; Ashare, Caryn; Charvat, Benjamin J. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2009
Fifty-three adolescent girls residing in community-based group-living child welfare programs were administered a standardized measure (SASS-2) in order to assess probability of a substance use/dependency disorder in this highly vulnerable population. Findings revealed that one third of the sample, and one half of the nonpregnant/parenting girls,…
Descriptors: Females, Narcotics, Child Welfare, Pregnancy
VanderVen, Karen – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2009
This article attempts to replicate how Fritz Redl and David Wineman might have handled an "unmade bed" situation with the youngsters at Pioneer House, the treatment program in Detroit that was the subject of their classic work, "The Aggressive Child" (1957) which encompassed two books, "Children Who Hate" and…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Behavioral Sciences, Behavior Disorders, Residential Programs
Initial Investigation of Organisational Factors Associated with the Implementation of Active Support
Fyffe, Chris; McCubbery, Jeffrey; Reid, Katharine J. – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2008
Background: Active support (AS) has been shown to increase the amount of time that residents in shared residential settings are involved in purposeful activities. The organisational processes required to implement AS have been less well researched. Method: Staff in community houses answered questions about the occurrence of organisational…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Investigations, Operations Research, Residential Care
Lee, Seon-Young; Olszewski-Kubilius, Paula; Donahue, Rob; Weimholt, Katrina – Journal of Advanced Academics, 2008
The need for quality service-learning programs has increased according to greater interest in service-learning and civic engagement for academically gifted students. The Civic Leadership Institute (CLI), a 3-week residential program for gifted adolescents, is a service-learning program created to help academically talented students explore complex…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Service Learning, Residential Programs, Summer Programs
Cunningham, Lindy G.; Rinn, Anne N. – Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 2007
The purpose of this study was to identify whether gifted adolescents' academic, general, and emotional stability self-concepts would increase or decrease during time spent in a residential summer program for the gifted. Gender and previous summer program participation were also examined as potential moderators. Participants included 140 gifted…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gifted, Summer Programs, Gender Differences
Peer reviewedEpple, William A.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1985
A telephone survey of each state's mental retardation agency found that persons with profound or severe mental retardation account for 79.3% of all residents. Of all 177,719 staff, 51.5% are in the direct care category and 19.9% are in the clinical category. The overall staff : resident ration is 1.60 :1. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs
Gothelf, Carole R. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1985
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,…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Developmental Disabilities, Residential Programs
Rabb, Joel; Rindfleisch, Nolan – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1985
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)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Institutional Personnel, Residential Programs
Peer reviewedRotegard, Lisa L.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1984
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.…
Descriptors: Mental Retardation, Residential Programs, Trend Analysis
Grabowski, Stanley M. – Adult Leadership, 1971
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)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs
Levitt, John – Home Study, 1971
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)
Descriptors: Extension Education, Residential Programs, Summer Programs
Setchell, Anne – Continuous Learning, 1970
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)
Descriptors: Administrators, Residential Institutions, Residential Programs, Workshops
