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This article highlights one child and youth services agency's journey to develop and pilot a system for tracking training effectiveness for staff. Given the importance of intentional and strong staff training to the success of an agency, the purpose of this study was to report training outcomes across four-time intervals (i.e., immediately after training considered here as baseline, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months) using a tracking system based on best practices in staff development. Results indicated that the tracking system allowed this agency to measure and describe post-training outcomes for staff across the four-time intervals. It can be inferred that such training positively influenced youth outcomes. Specifically, the training and follow-up expanded staff's ability to effectively internalize concepts and be more intentional with their time for the benefit of youth care.
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Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , Adolescente , Niño , HumanosRESUMEN
This study assessed the effectiveness of building partnerships with community resources and systems for court-referred clients and their families through a participant outcome evaluation. Specific variables studied included change in substance abuse patterns, family well-being, child safety, and recidivism. Results from pre-post testing revealed that a model with a single case coordinator who collaborated across service providers was particularly effective with court-referred clients and their families for increasing family intimacy and child well-being and for decreasing family danger and conflict. Discussion and recommendations are included.
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Manejo de Caso/organización & administración , Maltrato a los Niños/prevención & control , Evaluación de Resultado en la Atención de Salud , Padres/psicología , Servicio Social/organización & administración , Adulto , Niño , Maltrato a los Niños/legislación & jurisprudencia , Salud de la Familia , Femenino , Humanos , Relaciones Interinstitucionales , Masculino , Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias/rehabilitación , Estados UnidosRESUMEN
There is a significant need to comprehensively describe and illustrate via a logic model what processes work for adolescents in residential treatment facilities and how to make improvements (Bean, White, Neagle & Lake, 2005).The purpose of this article is to highlight one Adolescent TRC's journey to develop and implement a working Logic Model.
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Modelos Teóricos , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud/métodos , Tratamiento Domiciliario , Adolescente , Relaciones Familiares , Humanos , Desarrollo de Programa , Autoeficacia , Habilidades Sociales , EnseñanzaRESUMEN
The study compared psychosocial risk behaviors of adolescents who were deaf or hard of hearing with those of their hearing peers in a residential treatment facility. Statistically significant differences emerged between groups. The adolescents who were deaf or hard of hearing demonstrated clinically higher scores than those of their hearing peers on the psychosocial risk behaviors of risk to others, social and adaptive functioning, need for structure, aggression toward people and animals, destruction of property, theft and deceit, and rules violations. Implications and suggestions for helping professionals are included.
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Conducta del Adolescente , Corrección de Deficiencia Auditiva , Sordera/psicología , Educación Especial , Personas con Deficiencia Auditiva/psicología , Instituciones Residenciales , Asunción de Riesgos , Instituciones Académicas , Adaptación Psicológica , Adolescente , Agresión , Sordera/rehabilitación , Educación de Personas con Discapacidad Auditiva , Femenino , Humanos , Masculino , Guías de Práctica Clínica como Asunto , Conducta Autodestructiva , Conducta Social , RoboRESUMEN
In this component of the evaluation, the Circles of Care grantees assessed the feasibility of their model systems of care. The goal of the Feasibility Assessment was to assure that each model system of care was well designed with careful consideration of project goals, community resources and readiness, cultural competence and measurable outcomes.