Proposes the use of a post-substantiation model for responding to incidents of abuse within an institutional setting. Provides an example of how this model is applied to the investigation of institutional abuse. (Author/BB)

Examines the influences of three principles (deinstitutionalization, normalization, and the right of dependent persons to treatment) on the child welfare system over the period 1960 to 1980. (Author/CM)

Examines various ways in which child-care workers can work with families of children in residential centers to facilitate children's early return home. (CM)

Presents the case history of a 13-year-old asthmatic boy in residential treatment in order to illustrate how experiences in the milieu can become a vehicle for a child to gain better control over separation anxiety. (CM)

Appraises foster care and advocates its change from a largely custodial system to one that is essentially treatment-oriented. Development of a placement continuum from least intrusive (day care) to most intrusive (hospitalization), with a variety of intermediate options including foster home care, is crucial. (NH)

Reviews the design and implementation of a direct-service volunteer program in the Boys and Girls Aid Society of San Diego, a private, nonprofit treatment facility for 56 emotionally disturbed teenagers. (Author/SDH)

This paper focuses on the process of staff selection of child care staff at a residential treatment center for children, ages 8-16. Phases of candidate selection, an "open-door" interview procedure, the orientation of hired candidates and the agency's philosophy, procedures and practices are discussed. (GO)

Describes the Merrifield Program of the Worcester Children's Friend Society which was designed to meet the needs of a small number of emotionally disturbed, school-age children untreatable while living in their own homes. (Author/MB)

Provides a selective review of relevant research on developmental psychopathology and its relevance for group care programming; a summary overview of major themes in residential care outcome research; and suggestions for future research on group care with implications for direct practice, service organization, and policy. (TJQ)

Describes the Treatment Alternatives Project (TAP) which provides caseworker aid and supportive services that allow problem children to undergo treatment while remaining in their own homes or foster homes. (SDH)

Offers recommendations to help advocates of the team approach in group care facilities for children and adolescents overcome some of the problems they may have with implementing team models according to their own designs. (NH)

The concept and the role of the group in the residential treatment of adolescents are delineated in this article. Approaches and techniques that facilitate the task of the group leader in making group experience a successful therapeutic instrument are examined. (Author)

Describes an innovative program for the treatment of severely disturbed children in an area lacking a 7-day-week residential treatment center. The project, developed by a child welfare agency, a board of education and a mental health department, reports considerable success. (Editor/RB)

Examines the process of termination from the stand point of the parents of the child who is ending treatment, pointing out some inevitable consequences of termination which the parents need to be aware of. This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Orthopsychiatric Association at New York, N.Y., April 1, 1969. (MG)

The Child Health and Illness Profile--Adolescent Edition (CHIP-AE) was administered to 63 adolescents in group settings. Domains studied were satisfaction, resilience, risk, achievement, and disorders. Compared to a normed group, youth in group homes or institutions felt physically healthy and safe and were resilient. Of concern were low…