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Friedman, Robert M.; Zeigler, Chris – 1979
Many communities have turned to group homes and residential treatment centers to serve children and adolescents displaying behavioral and/or emotional problems, because most foster parents are not able to deal with such children, and the expense of psychiatric hospitalization is prohibitive. One alternative which has been used very sparingly is…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Community Programs, Emotional Disturbances
Child Welfare League of America, Inc., New York, NY. – 1978
This booklet presents a set of Child Welfare League standards for group home foster care services for children and adolescents provided through authorized public or voluntary social agencies. Group home services, as described in the standards, have characteristics of both foster family and institutional services, offering a relationship with a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Care, Child Welfare, Community Organizations
