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Title: |
When Abuse & Neglect Occur at Residential Treatment Facilities |
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| Edited by: |
Kirsten S Madsen |
| ISBN10-13: |
1608769658 : 9781608769650 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Size: |
155x230mm |
| Pages: |
0 |
| Weight: |
.390 Kg. |
| Published: |
Nova Science Publishers, Inc (US) - November 2010 |
| List Price: |
143.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 2 |
| Subjects: |
Family law: children |
| Residential treatment programs provide a range of services, including drug and alcohol treatment, confidence building, military-style discipline, and psychological counselling for troubled boys and girls with a variety of addiction, behavioural, and emotional problems. In October 2007, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) testified before the Committee regarding allegations of abuse and death in private residential programs across the country such as wilderness therapy programs, boot camps, and boarding schools. The GAO found thousands of allegations of abuse, some of which involved death, at residential treatment programs across the country and in American-owned and American-operated facilities abroad. This book examines the abuse and neglect that occur at some of these facilities and presents investigative reports and written testimony from relatives of victimised teens who have been affected by these programs. |
| Table of Contents: |
| Preface; Residential Facilities: State & Federal Oversight Gaps May Increase Risk to Youth Well-Being; Residential Programs: Selected Cases of Death, Abuse & Deceptive Marketing; Residential Treatment Programs: Concerns Regarding Abuse & Death in Certain Programs for Troubled Youth; Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (Statement of Christopher Bellonci, MD, Child/Adolescent & Adult Psychiatrist & Medical Director & Senior Clinical Consultant at Walker School in Needham, Massachusetts); Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (Testimony of Jon Martin-Crawford, Community Alliance for the Fair & Ethical Treatment of Youth); Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (Statement of Chairman George Miller, Education & Labor Committee); Child Abuse & Deceptive Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens (Statement of Kathryn Whitehead, Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth); Considering a Private Residential Treatment Program for a Troubled Teen? Questions for Parents & Guardians to Ask; Committee on Education & Labor (Testimony of Bob Bacon, father of Aaron Bacon); House Committee on Education & Labor (Statement of Cynthia Clark Harvey, mother of Erica Clark Harvey); Testimony of Paul Lewis, Father of Ryan C Lewis; Cases of Child Neglect & Abuse at Private Residential Treatment Facilities, 10 October 2007; Written Testimony for the United States House Committee on Education & Labor; Hearing on Abuse & Neglect of Youth in Private Residential Facilities; Index. |
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