Community Treatment for Youth: Evidence-Based Interventions for Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Community Treatment for Youth: Evidence-Based Interventions for Severe Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
ISBN-10
0199770727
ISBN-13
9780199770724
Category
Social Science
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2002-01-30
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Barbara J. Burns, Kimberly Hoagwood

Description

This outstanding textbook presents innovative interventions for youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders. Community Treatment for Youth is designed to fill a gap between the knowledge base and clinical practice through its presentation of theory, practice parameters, training requirements, and research evidence. Featuring community-based and state-of-the-art services for youth with severe emotional and behavioral disorders and their families, this volume describes each intervention in depth, along with the supporting evidence for its utility. Most chapters present a single intervention as an alternative to institutional care. Shared characteristics of these interventions include delivery of services in the community (homes, schools, and neighborhoods) provided largely by parents and paraprofessional staff. The interventions are appropriate to use in any of the child human services sectors and have been developed in the field with real-world child and family clients. In addition, they offer a reduced cost in comparison to institutional care. Several chapters address diagnostic-specific psychosocial and psychopharmacological treatments, which are likely to be provided as adjunctive treatment in a clinical setting. Designed to update professionals in the field about effective services, Community Treatment for Youth will serve as a resource for academics, policymakers, practitioners, consumers, and researchers.

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