Best Practices In Residential Treatment

by Ellis; Rodney A.

• ISBN13: 9780789037893
• ISBN10: 0789037890
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2008-09-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Univ. of Tennessee, Memphis. Offers a detailed examination of the latest information on empirically tested, evidence-based interventions and procedures across the many dimensions of residential treatment practice. Includes cultural competence, substance abuse, facility management, and medication management. For practitioners. Softcover, hardcover available.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Promising Practices/Best Practices
Effect of Self Determination Theory-Based Recreation Activity-Staging on Viatality and Affinity Toward Nature Among Youth in a Residential Treatment Program	p. 5
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and EMDR for Adolescents in Residential Treatment: A Practical and Theoretical Perspective	p. 27
Combining Drug Court with Adolescent Residential Treatment: Lessons from Juvenile and Adult Programs	p. 45
Culture and Cultural Sensitivity
Cultural Considerations for Residential Treatment of Children and/or Adolescents	p. 61
Manhood Seekers Camp: A Proposal for a Culturally-Centered Camp Intervention	p. 75
Mental Illness/Medication
Mental Health Issues and Psychotropic Medication: Current Applications for Children and Adolescents in Residential Treatment	p. 91
Facility Management
Mentoring and Other Adult Involvement with Juveniles in Treatment: Do They Decrease the Probability of Elopement?	p. 107
Residential Treatment of Substance Abusing Adolescents: Trends in the Post-Managed Care Era	p. 121
Aftercare/Community Re-Entry
Effecting Successful Community Re-Entry: Systems of Care Community Based Mental Health Services	p. 133
About the Contributors	p. 151
Index	p. 153
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