Here's a summary found at Struggling Teens from 2001. Seems to suggest that programs are most successful with Suicide, Sexual Permissiveness, and Run Away. Things any good lock-down or prison would be successful with.
The key remarks to notice are:
1/3 were negative or unenthusiastic in their approval indicating they didn't feel they got their money's worth, Suggests inappropriate placements are happening too often, Suggesting that programs promised more than they could deliver.
http://www.strugglingteens.com/archives ... /oe02.html526 Participants
261 Parents and Adult Ex-Students
265 Grads, Left Earlys and Currently Enrolled
Referals:
Ed Cons 76
Woodbury 87 (Woodbury conducted the Survey)
Word of Mouth 55
Behaviors that resulted in placement:
158 Drugs
122 School Failure
105 Rebellion
53 Anger
47 Law Breaking
37 Run Away
25 Negative Friends
115 Programs Represented:
9 Drug Tmnt
18 Long term Wilderness
35 Behavior Mod
37 RTC/ Psych
47 Short term Wilderness
Obeservation: Parent and Professionals speaking different languages which could lead to a lot of subtle but important miscommunications. Questions were open-ended, parents used their own descriptions.
Rating
0=Harmful 5=very effective/appropriate
145 rated program a 5
23 rated program a 0
Average: 3.82
Note: 1/3 were negative or unenthusiastic in their approval indicating they didn't feel they got their money's worth.
Highest Satisfaction Ratings:
Sexual Permissiveness 4.7
Suicide 4.6
Run Away 4.2
Suggested reason- structure and staff supervision.
Lowest Satisfaction Ratings:
BiPolar 3.5
Rebellion 3.67
School Failure 3.7
Suggested reason- attitudes, abstract and harder to impact.
Suggests inappropriate placements are happening too often.
23 with Highest Satisfaction Rating used Local Child Care Professionals (Psychs, Therapists, Ed Cons)
16 with Lowest Satisfaction Rating were refered to programs by other programs
Strengths of Program:
160 Staff
57 Structure
47 Therapy
29 Parent Support
24 Communication
Common Weaknesses:
62 Communication
56 Staff
23 Turnovers
Highest Satisfaction Ratings:
Emo. Growth 5
Aftercare 4.75
Consistency 4.56
Prog Planning 4.54
Communication 4.46
Lowest Satisfaction Ratings:
Therapy 1.67
Misled 1.89
Suggesting that programs promised more than they could deliver. Some participants desired more therapy.
[ This Message was edited by: Deborah on 2006-06-11 14:07 ]