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Download full textShenk, Emily, Ed.; Price, Jennifer M., Ed. – Child Welfare League of America (NJ1), 2008
This issue of "The Link" newsletter contains the following articles: (1) Evidence-Based Practice: Developing a New Business Model from the Inside Out (Jeremy Kohomban, Paul Schiller, and Patricia O'Gorman); (2) The School to Prison Pipeline and Criminalizing Youth: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives (Marsha Weissman); (3) Group Homes Appear…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Delinquency, Correctional Institutions, Child Welfare
Direct linkJones, Loring – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2006
This study examined differences in two residential care giving models (houseparent vs. child care worker) in providing continuity of care for youth in residential placement, and the effect that a care giving model had on selected program outcomes. Data for this research were collected in a residential facility that used both models. Youth with…
Descriptors: Residential Care, Child Caregivers, Child Care, Models
Millward, R.; Kennedy, E.; Towlson, K.; Minnis, H. – Emotional & Behavioural Difficulties, 2006
The great majority of children living in foster or residential care have been abused and neglected. Mental health problems are common and the nature of these problems may be rooted in early attachment relationships. The carers of 82 children in care in Scotland and 125 children from local schools completed questionnaires on mental health problems…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Questionnaires, Emotional Problems, Residential Care
Hoeffer, Beverly; Talerico, Karen Amann; Rasin, Joyce; Mitchell, C. Madeline; Stewart, Babara J.; McKenzie, Darlene; Barrick, Ann Louise; Rader, Joanne; Sloane, Philip D. – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: When cognitively impaired nursing home residents exhibit agitated and aggressive behaviors during bathing, nursing home caregivers are in a unique position to improve residents' experience. This report addresses whether certified nursing assistants (CNAs) who received training in a person-centered approach with showering and with the…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Nursing Homes, Neurological Impairments, Hygiene
Vonie, Pamela A. – 1995
Intake of a youth into a residential treatment center is disruptive to both the child and to their family. Counseling agencies have an obligation to ensure that the emotional and informational needs of the resident and the resident's family are being addressed during this difficult time. This report offers a solution strategy to address the needs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Counseling, Counseling Techniques, Counseling Theories
Peer reviewedBedford, Linda; Hybertson, Larry D. – Child Welfare, 1975
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)
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Caseworker Approach, Change Strategies, Emotional Disturbances
Ashbaugh, John W. – 1986
The document reports results of a needs assessment of the incidence and prevalence of developmental disabilities in New Mexico, in conjunction with estimates of the probable demand for residential services. An introductory section outlines the scope of the study and distinguishes among three types of demand for services: potential demand,…
Descriptors: Adult Day Care, Adults, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Ross, E. Clarke – Word from Washington Analysis, 1980
The report discusses public policy issues affecting services to the disabled. Aspects covered include umbrella versus categorical service organization, independent living, independent living services, deinstitutionalization and the unions, utilizing Medicaid for 24 hour residential services, national health insurance, financing home services and…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Federal Legislation
KUBY, ALMA M.; STAR, SHIRLEY A. – 1967
A BYPRODUCT OF THE PROJECT ON PHYSICAL FACILITIES FOR GROUP CARE OF CHILDREN, THE REPORT LISTS THE NUMBER AND KINDS OF CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS. TEN TABLES PROVIDE DATA AS OF SEPTEMBER 1965 ON THE TYPES AND AUSPICES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE (BOTH VOLUNTARY AND PROPRIETARY) INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING MATERNITY HOMES FOR UNMARRIED GIRLS, AND…
Descriptors: Children, Disabilities, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Hepworth, H. Philip – 1979
This paper reports findings of a retrospective longitudinal reconstruction of child welfare service activities in Canada. The first section discusses demographic developments and the child welfare services. It is reported that the increase in the number of children in care in the 20-year period from 1940 to 1960 was to some extent a reflection of…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
de Csipkes, Robert A.; Rowe, Wayne – 1967
The influence of type of residence, institution or community, on the direction and/or realism of vocational interest was investigated using 60 sheltered workshop-employed, mentally retarded young adults. The Picture Interest Inventory was used as the measure of vocational interest. Statistical analysis of cell means indicated that the…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Comparative Analysis, Institutionalized Persons, Mental Retardation
Baumeister, Alfred A., Ed.; Butterfield, Earl, Ed. – 1970
The handbook on residential institutions, for professionals and students in the field of mental retardation, attempts to interpret the institution as a part of the culture which it serves, avoiding emotional responses but suggesting formulas for change. Characteristics of contemporary institutions for the mentally retarded are examined and…
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Institutional Administration, Institutional Environment, Institutional Personnel
Grunewald, Karl – 1969
The aims and principles of normalization and integration of the mentally retarded in Sweden are discussed in terms of implications for services and programs. The historical background of the present care for the mentally handicapped notes legislative actions, responsibilities of the Board of Provisions and County Councils, the development of the…
Descriptors: Day Care, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services, Facilities
Buckman, Rilma Oxley, Ed. – 1971
The document briefly explains mental retardation, describes existing community programs for the retarded and their families in Ohio's Cuyahoga County with special attention to changes since 1965, and recommends ways of providing county community services as yet unmet. The following service delivery systems are discussed: clinical services,…
Descriptors: Clinics, Community Programs, Community Services, Educational Programs
Weinberg, Steve, Ed. – 1971
One of three documents in a series, the pamphlet presents an overview of the children's re-education center program in Tennessee. The program involves the application of behavior change principles to emotionally disturbed elementary school children with behavior problems while the children reside at the residential facility for an average duration…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Educational Programs, Elementary School Students
