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Preliminary Evaluation of Children's Psychosocial Rehabilitation for Youth with Serious Emotional DisturbanceCenterPointe Behavioral and Mental Healthcare, Inc., Nampa, ID, natewilly{at}hotmail.com Objective: This article introduces and evaluates children's psychosocial rehabilitation, a home- and community-based treatment for children with serious emotional disturbance. Method: In an open-trial design, the author used repeated-measures analysis of variance and Wilcoxon signed-rank tests to assess pre—post outcome ratings for 218 participants, ages 3 to 18, on the Child and Adolescent Functional Assessment Scale or the Preschool and Early Childhood Functional Assessment Scale. Average treatment time was 13 months. Results: Participants improved significantly in psychosocial functioning and psychological symptoms, with effect sizes ranging from large to small. Improvements were clinically significant for 78% of participants. Conclusions: Children's psychosocial rehabilitation shows promise as an empirically based treatment for serious emotional disturbance.
Key Words: children's psychosocial rehabilitation serious emotional disturbance home- and community-based treatment
This version was published on January
1, 2009 Research on Social Work Practice, Vol. 19, No. 1,
5-18 (2009) |
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