An Outcomes Perspective of the Role of Residential Treatment in the System of Care

Autor/inn/en	Lyons, John S.; Woltman, Heather; Martinovich, Zoran; Hancock, Brian
Titel	An Outcomes Perspective of the Role of Residential Treatment in the System of Care
Quelle	In: Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 26 (2009) 2, S.71-91 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0886-571X
Schlagwörter	Residential Care; Residential Institutions; Residential Programs; Institutional Role; Outcomes of Treatment; Caseworker Approach; Program Effectiveness; Organizational Change; Health Behavior; Functional Behavioral Assessment; Item Response Theory; Predictor Variables; Case Records; Youth Programs + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Wohnumgebung; Sozialer Wohnungsbau; Organisationswandel; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Item-Response-Theorie; Prädiktor; Case reports; Fallsammlung; Jugendsofortprogramm
Abstract	A variety of factors are putting great pressure on residential treatment centers to justify their role in the child serving system through evidence of impact on the lives of children, youth, and families. The present study describes the role of residential treatment from an outcomes perspective in a midsized state over the course of a 5 year period in which efforts were made to reduce out-of-community placements. The process of developing a system of care approach to the child serving system while matching children and youth needs to the use of residential treatment resulted in placing more challenging children and youth in these placements over time. The results of this process included an improvement in within-episode outcomes from residential treatment. A hinge analysis in which children and youth were described using a common assessment before and after placement in a range of treatments/programs helped explicate the role of residential treatment serving the most challenging children and youth successfully. The necessary length of stay for residential treatment from a clinical perspective depends greatly on the continued treatment options post-discharge. (Contains 12 figures and 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10