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RE: behavior modification "specialty programs" for "troubled teens"
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class=786010422-12102004>This may not be entirely what you are looking for, but
I would suggest you look at "What Works for Whom", a new summary of studies
for evidence of efficacy for various forms psychotherapy or psychological
interventions by Fonagy and Roth. Peter Fonagy is a research director for
the Menninger Clinic and is a leading researcher on attachment theory and
attachment-based interventions. The book is divided into two sections, one
for adults and one for children and adolescents. I seem to recall that it
finds lasting benefits for "attachment-based" therapies over behavior
modification treatments.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=786010422-12102004>The book does not comment on the legal issues regarding
behavior mod, just that it doesn't seem to have long-lasting beneficial results,
whereas other therapies DO, depending on the issues presented by the
child.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=786010422-12102004>It would seem to me that in any legal challenge to
placement in a behavior mod program, efficacy of the intervention and whether
the restrictions on the child are warranted in order to insure a lasting
beneficial outcome would be an issue.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=786010422-12102004>I looked at the web site you cited as your "agency" and
did not find anything that tells me anything about the group or agency you may
represent.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=786010422-12102004>Freya Schultz</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN
class=786010422-12102004>Santa Barbara County Social
Services</SPAN></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B>
owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
[mailto:owner-CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Elisabeth Feldman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, October 12, 2004 8:32
AM<BR><B>To:</B> Child Maltreatment Researchers<BR><B>Subject:</B> behavior
modification "specialty programs" for "troubled teens"<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Is anyone aware of outcome studies
on private/nonadjudicated behavior modification based "specialty"
wilderness, boarding school and/or residential treatment centers for "troubled"
teens?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Is there anyone out there who is or
knows of someone researching this topic from the perspective of parental vs.
minors rights (as most of these programs deny constitutional rights of minors in
favor of parental rights, i.e. minors in these facilities have no right to
contact an attorney, sometimes no right to contact anyone except parents, and
even then, contact is monitored.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Thank You,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2>Elisabeth Feldman</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=2><A
href="http://www.troubledteenindustry.blogspot.com";>The Troubled "Troubled" Teen
Industry Research Group</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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