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Staff assumptions and program practices in two models of residential care for male adolescent offenders were compared. Group care settings had from 6 to 15 youths in residence and used peer-mediated treatments. Treatment Foster Care settings had one youngster placed in each home and treatments were adult-mediated. Results showed that group care and Treatment Foster Care program models differed on staff assumptions about therapeutic mechanisms of change, and different patterns of daily program practices were found.
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Chamberlain, P., Ray, J. & Moore, K.J. Characteristics of residential care for adolescent offenders: A comparison of assumptions and practices in two models. J Child Fam Stud 5, 285–297 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02234664
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