Cover; On Transitionsfrom Group Care:Homeward Bound; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Successful Transitions of Sexually Aggressive Youth from Secure Residential Treatment Settings to Less Secure Community Settings; Diagnosis and Placement Variables Affecting the Outcome of Adolescents with Behavioral Disorders; Familyworks: Integrating Family in Residential Treatment; The Bellefaire/JCB Transitional Living Program: A Program Description and Preliminary Report of Outcome; Research and Practice in Social- and Life-Skills Training; Index
Summary
Examine ways to help prepare young people for a successful transition from group care to community living! How can we best help young people in residential care settings prepare for life?on the outside?? The editors of On Transitions From Group Care: Homeward Bound are devoted to helping answer the question of how providers of residential treatment services can improve the transition process when children in their care are transferred to less restrictive situations. Chapters focus on the challenges of this process when working with sexually aggressive youth, adolescents with behavioral or co
