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NCJ Number:	235299

Title:	Community Adaptation of Youth Accessing Residential Programs or a Home-Based Alternative: Contact With the Law and Delinquent Activities

Journal:	Residential Treatment for Children & Youth Volume:28 Issue:2 Dated:April-June 2011 Pages:150-175

Author(s):	Gary Cameron, Ph.D.; Karen Frensch, M.Sc.; Michele Preyde, Ph.D.; Trudy Smit Quosai, Ph.D.

Date Published:	May 2011

Page Count:	26

Sponsoring Agency:	Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4, Canada

Document:	PDF

Type:	Report (Study/Research)

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	United States of America

Annotation:	This article examines the adjustment of community living of youth with emotional and behavioral disorders.

Abstract:	This article presents the findings from a longitudinal investigation of the prevalence of negative contact with the law for a sample of youth 12–18 months after graduating from residential and intensive children's mental health programming. Results of this study suggest serious community adaptation difficulties face many youth graduating from these children's mental health programs. This study suggests that delinquency outcomes may be particularly problematic for older males who are transitioning out of treatment programs, as well as for youth with prior contact with the law, and greater challenges adapting to school at program admission. (Published Abstract)

Main Term(s):	Juvenile residential treatment centers

Index Term(s):	Emotional disorders; Juvenile delinquency; Mental health; Ontario; Problem behavior



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