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Commission on Emotional and Learning Disorders in Children, Toronto (Ontario). – 1970
Presented are the results of a national study of Canadian children with emotional and learning disorders, who number 12% of the Canadian population up to 19 years of age, or no less than 1,000,000 children, who need attention, treatment, and care. The category includes children with neurotic or psychotic or behavior disorders, learning…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Educational Needs, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education
Download full textHeckman, Iris; Rodwell, Mary K. – 1985
The purpose of the project was to develop an advanced, competency-based training program for residential youth service/child care workers providing services to children and adolescents with severe mental health or emotional problems. The program was designed in response to problems common to these workers in rural areas such as Kansas, including…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Burnout, Child Caregivers, Children
Direct linkMetzger, Jed – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2006
There is paucity in both the literature and in the practice of integrated, evidence-based models of residential care for youth. This article describes the assessment and the process that led to the redesign of services at a residential center. The article describes how evidence-based models for each of the four major disciplines (residential…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Residential Institutions, Behavior Disorders, Residential Programs
Council of State Governments, Lexington, KY. – 1978
Through this report, the Council of State Governments, in conjunction with the Academy for Contemporary Problems, attempts to shed new light on the problem of the placement of children in out-of-state residential care. The report describes the results of a pilot feasibility study conducted in Illinois, North Carolina, and Texas to determine the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Certification, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., New York, NY. – 1969
These summaries of research relating to child welfare are intended to give sufficient information about the objectives, methods, and findings of each research project to enable the reader to judge whether the full report would be of interest. Bibliographical references are included with each summary. Summaries encompass the areas of adoption…
Descriptors: Adoption, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Child Abuse
Peer reviewedMeyers, Carole; Moss, Irwin – Child Welfare, 1992
Describes efforts of residential treatment facilities to collaborate with community-based substance abuse programs to meet the needs of clients. Examines the rationale for and administrative, managerial, and clinical issues relevant to such collaboration. Illustrates the difficulties encountered in establishing effective program linkages and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Alcohol Abuse, Children
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1989
This teacher's guide contains 12 units designed to help teachers/trainers provide basic training for respite care providers who may be working with emotionally disturbed persons. The format of the guide includes basic components that form a unit of instruction: objective sheet, instructor's guide, instructor's supplements, assignment sheets,…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity, Inservice Education
Oklahoma State Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education, Stillwater. Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center. – 1989
This unit is designed to help teachers/trainers provide training for respite care providers who may be working with emotionally disturbed persons. The format of the guide includes basic components that form a unit of instruction: objective sheet, instructor's guide, instructor's supplements, information sheet, student supplements, activity sheets,…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Depression (Psychology), Emotional Disturbances, Hyperactivity
Ouderkirk, Wayne, Ed. – 1980
A curriculum used over a 3-year period in statewide training programs for residential child care workers is organized and described according to 11 training modules. The modules focus on increasing the self-awareness of the human service professional and on presenting basic facts about human development, procedures for assessment and planning, and…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Caregivers, Continuing Education, Emotional Disturbances
Lovelle, Carole – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2005
DBT and EMDR as primary treatment methods provide effective treatment for adolescents in the setting of group residential facilities. Regardless of the intensity of the pathology or the length of stay, these compatible treatment methods provide adolescents with significant decreases in the impact of traumatic memories and increased emotional…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Residential Programs, Adolescents, Depression (Psychology)
D'Amato, Gabriel – 1969
An account of theory and practice in the psychiatric inpatient care of children at a large residential treatment center is presented. The formative factors of the home and community are discussed; consideration is given to the validity of the residential center as a treatment center and to the omnipotence and/or helplessness of the patient. Ego…
Descriptors: Administration, Behavior Patterns, Child Development, Childhood Needs
Bowley, Agatha H.; Gardner, Leslie – 1969
The different classes of handicaps, the size of the problem, the causes, and the principles and methods of psychological and educational care concerning children with partial and total blindness, cerebral palsy, deafness, or autism are discussed. Concepts treated include incidence, etiology, diagnosis, learning difficulties, social and emotional…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Autism, Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
Chess, Stella – 1969
The role of child psychiatry is discussed, and the child is described as a developing organism. Genetic factors in behavior are considered as are the presenting problems. Methods treated involve taking the history, conducting the diagnostic interview, using special diagnostic procedures, and applying diagnostic classification. Problem areas dealt…
Descriptors: Adolescent Behavior, Adolescents, Behavior Problems, Classification
ALLERHAND, MELVIN E.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A RESEARCH TEAM STUDIED INFLUENCES, ADAPTATION, AND ADAPTABILITY IN 50 POORLY ADAPTING BOYS AT BELLEFAIRE, A REGIONAL CHILD CARE CENTER FOR EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED CHILDREN. THE TEAM ATTEMPTED TO GAUGE THE SUCCESS OF THE RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTER IN TERMS OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PATTERNS AND ROLE PERFORMANCES OF THE BOYS DURING INDIVIDUAL CASEWORK…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Behavior, Behavior Patterns
Mayer, Morris Fritz; And Others – 1977
This book examines the current state of residential group care for dependent, neglected and emotionally disturbed children in the United States and Canada. A result of the Group Care Project of the Child Welfare League of America, the book is divided into four parts. Part I describes the project, puts group care into historical and sociological…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Care
