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Dougherty RH, Strod D. 2014. Building consensus on residential measures: Recommendations for outcome and performance measures. Lexington, MA: DMA Health Strategies, 18 pp., plus appendices.

Annotation: This paper reviews efforts to promote consensus on outcome and performance measures and youth/family outcomes for residential programs for youth and families. The paper summarizes various instruments that have been tested, identifies measurement strategies for child and family serving systems and residential programs to implement, presents a proposed core set of measures, and outlines steps to be taken in a consensus-building process for review of the measures.

Keywords: Health care systems, Measures, Outcome evaluation, Residential care, Residential facilities, Residential programs, Service delivery systems

Building Bridges Initiative. 2014. Supporting siblings when a brother or sister is receiving residential interventions: Key issues and tips for providers and families. [no place]: Building Bridges Initiative, 11 pp. (A Building Bridges Initiative tip sheet)

Antonishak J, Finley C, Suellentrop K. 2014. Implementing an evidence-based pregnancy prevention program for youth in out-of-home care: Lessons learned from five implementing agencies. Washington, DC: National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 6 pp.

Annotation: This report offers guidance and promising practices for implementing the adapted Making Proud Choices (MPCs) curriculum for youth in out-of-home care. Contents include lessons learned from implementation of the program in the following five geographically- and organizationally-diverse teams: Alameda County (California), Hawaii, Minnesota, North Carolina, and Rhode Island. Topics include creating partnerships, identifying gaps and special needs, measuring fidelity, and sustainability.

Keywords: Adolescent pregnancy, California, Hawaii, Measures, Minnesota, Model programs, North Carolina, Prevention programs, Public private partnerships, Residential care, Rhode Island, Sustainability

Dawkins-Lyn N, Jacobs E, Cheung K, Revels M, Carver L, Krol D. 2013. Dental professionals in non-dental settings. Princeton, NJ: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, 32 pp. (Synthesis report)

Annotation: This report focuses on nine oral health innovations seeking to increase access to preventive oral health care in non-oral-health settings. Topics include a description of program settings (Head Start programs, schools, and senior center and other residential facilities) and strategies used in service delivery (referral systems, work force adaptations, funding mechanisms, consent procedures, telehealth technology, and incentives).

Keywords: Access to health care, Adults, Head Start, Model programs, Oral health, Prevention services, Residential facilities, School age children, Schools, Service delivery systems, Work force, Young children

National Alliance to End Homelessness, National Network for Youth, Lambda Legal, National Center for Lesbian Rights. 2009. National recommended best practices for serving LGBT homeless youth. Washington, DC: National Alliance to End Homelessness, 16 pp.

Annotation: This brief presents recommendations for employees, administrators and supervisors, and youth workers in agencies and nonprofit organizations to increase their competency in working with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents and young adults. Recommendations for improving practices, organizational culture, and residential services are included.

Keywords: Adolescents, Competence, Homeless persons, Homosexuality, Organizational change, Program improvement, Residential programs, Sex roles, Sociocultural factors, Young adults

Braddock D, Hemp R, Rizzolo MC, Parish S, Pomeranz A. 2002. The state of the states in developmental disabilities: 2002 study summary. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation, 140 [i.e., 54] pp.

Annotation: This title, a separately published chapter from a longer report, presents the results of the seventh State of the States in Developmental Disabilities study of financing and programming trends in the United States. The chapter focuses on describing the structure of residential and community services in the states and on identifying trends in the financing of institutional and community services and individual and family support. The chapter concludes with a discussion of issues that will impact the future of provisions for mental retardation and developmental disability services in the states.

Keywords: Community based services, Developmental disabilities, Family support, Financing, Mental retardation, Residential programs, State programs, Trends

Camp JM, Finkelstein N. 1995. Fostering effective parenting skills and healthy child development within residential substance abuse treatment settings. Cambridge, MA: Coalition on Addiction, Pregnancy and Parenting, 173 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the findings on the effects of parent training programs in two Massachusetts urban residential treatment centers for substance-abusing pregnant women. The programs included training and multiple services for the women and their infants while they were in treatment and after their discharge. The report describes the women, changes in their parenting skills and self-esteem, their assessment of the program, the infant's development, follow-up data on a sample of the women, factors that predict program retention, and implications of the findings. The program is one of a group focusing on pregnant and postpartum women and infants (PPWI). [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention]

Keywords: Children of alcoholics, Children with special health care needs, Detoxification, Drug affected children, High risk children, Massachusetts, Parent education, Parent support services, Parenting, Rehabilitation, Residential programs, Substance abusing pregnant women

U.S. General Accounting Office. 1994. Residential care: Some high-risk youth benefit, but more study needed. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 75 pp.

Annotation: This report presents the conclusions of a study of residential care programs for adolescents exhibiting behaviors that leave them at high-risk. The study examined what is known about the effectiveness of these programs in preparing youths to lead self-sufficient, productive lives. It also examined what can be learned about key program characteristics important for mitigating risky behaviors of young people. The Government Accounting Office (GAO) examined 18 residential programs serving youths aged 10-17 through site visits and telephone interviews. Detailed information about each program is included in the appendix to the report.

Keywords: Adolescents, Programs, Residential care, Risk taking, Statistics

DeWoody M, Ceja K, Sylvester M. 1993. Independent living services for youths in out-of-home care. Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America, 53 pp.

Annotation: This book reviews the needs of youths in out of home care who are making the transition to independent living. It also assesses the federal Independent Living Program, the resources the program has brought to the child welfare field, the projects it has supported, and the gaps that continue to exist. It also reports on a 1992 survey of youth-serving agencies conducted by the Child Welfare League of America.

Keywords: Adolescents, Child welfare, Federal programs, Foster care, Independent living centers, Out of home care, Residential care, Transition to independent living, Youth services

Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Division of Family Health Services, Statewide Comprehensive Injury Prevention Program. 1986. Safestate, safehome inspector's notes. Boston, MA: Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Statewide Comprehensive Injury Prevention Program, 28 pp.

Annotation: This product from a SPRANS project of SCIPP and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health describes the SAFEHOME program. The program's goal was to reduce the number of serious residential injuries to children 6 years old and under, by reducing hazards and promoting safe practices in the home. At the core of the program is a HOME SAFETY CHECK which can be done in a 15-minute version or the 1-hour full check. The program involves a trained SAFEHOME inspector who, using the SAFEHOME Checklist, goes with the parents or caretakers on a room by room tour. Conditions that pose risks to children are explained by the inspector along with changes that will make for a SAFEHOME. [Funded by the Maternal and Child Health Bureau]

Keywords: Burns, Child safety, Choking, Falls, Household safety, Injury prevention, Massachusetts, Poisoning, Residential injuries, Scalds, State programs

Child Welfare League of America. 1986. Standards for services for pregnant adolescents and young parents. (Rev. ed.). Washington, DC: Child Welfare League of America, 73 pp.

Lourie IS, Katz-Leavy J. 1985. Severely emotionally disturbed children and adolescents. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Child Development Center, National Technical Assistance Center for Children's Mental Health, 39 pp.

Annotation: This document discusses the classification of chronically emotionally disturbed children who need innovative, flexible child-centered and family-centered long-term community care. It estimates the size of this population. It discusses the services available, and the need for a continuum of care and interagency cooperation to maintain the child in the least restrictive environment, with support and therapeutic services overseen by a case manager. The aim is for the child to function in the home, community and school. Finally the paper discusses how these goals fit into the Child and Adolescent System Services Program of the National Institute of Mental Health as administered by the states.

Keywords: Affective disorders, Case management, Community care, Family centered care, Interagency cooperation, Personality disorders, Residential programs, State mental health agencies, State programs

Elmer E. 1981. Child abuse: An evaluation of a residential program. Springfield, VA: distributed by National Technical Information Service, 155 pp.

U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services. 1977. Studies on institutions and planning: Research to improve health services for mothers and children. Rockville, MD: U.S. Bureau of Community Health Services, 24 pp.

Annotation: This report presents summaries of six research projects concerning improvement of institutional health services for mothers and children. This report will be useful to public policy analysts, health facility administrators, caregivers, and researchers. Topics explored by the research projects include: social policy and residential child care facilities; health care for children with mental retardation residing in institutions; health care for children in day care; development of a community-wide health information system for maternal and child health program planning; and public assistance to mothers and children who are clients of the Aid to Dependent Families and Children program.

Keywords: Child health services, Children with special health care needs, Federal MCH programs, Health care delivery, Health planning, Maternal health services, Research, Residential care

Berryman DL. 1971. Recommended standards with evaluative criteria for recreation services in residential institutions: Part II of Enhancement of recreation service to disabled children. New York, NY: New York University, School of Education, 52 pp.

Annotation: This pamphlet was designed to suggest standards and evaluative criteria to assist hospitals or other institutions evaluate the recreation services provided to residents. They were designed primarily to evaluate recreation services provided to children and youth, however, they are also applicable to services provided to persons of all ages in a variety of residential treatment settings. Agencies can use this instrument for self study; to test new programs; to indicate areas of the program that are most effective and areas where changes are needed to bring about more desirable outcomes; and to prove that the agency is carrying on its service in the manner that is described in its statement of aims and objectives. [Funded by the Children's Bureau]

Keywords: Adolescents with special health care needs, Children with special health care needs, Evaluation methods, Hospitals, Recreation services, Residential programs

American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Children with Handicaps. 1971. The pediatrician and the child with mental retardation. Evanston, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics, 180 pp.

Annotation: The purpose of this book is to provide the pediatrician with up-to-date information and resources to assume a role in the treatment of children with mental retardation. The contents discuss mental retardation from the perspectives of diagnosis and evaluation, health services, genetic considerations, metabolic aspects, community services, residential care, legal considerations, psychological aspects, speech and language development, educational aspects, psychiatric considerations, nursing services, nutrition, physical therapy, and counseling.

Keywords: Children, Community programs, Counseling, Diagnosis, Evaluation, Genetics, Health services, Language development, Legal issues, Mental retardation, Metabolic diseases, Nursing services, Nutrition, Pediatricians, Physical therapy, Psychological characteristics, Residential care, Speech development
   

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