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Download full textRivera, Vestena Robbins; Kutash, Krista – 1994
This document presents a review of recent research literature on eight components in a system of care for children with serious emotional disturbances. It is intended to be a guide and source of information to communities for building systems of care. Components include: residential services (psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Counseling, Crisis Intervention, Day Programs
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Direct linkWashington, Gregory; Watts, Roderick J.; Watson, Jerry – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2005
This article addresses the need for therapeutic camps to support the disproportionate number of African-American children in out of home foster care and group home placements. A brief review of literature on camp interventions and their failure to adequately address the influence of ethnicity and culture is provided. A pilot of a small culturally…
Descriptors: African Americans, Intervention, Group Homes, Foster Care
