Abstract
In 1991, the author, drawing from his fourteen years of work in residential treatment, created a fictitious child named Gus E. Studelmeyer and asked him to write about his experiences in residential care. Gus, 13, lived in a residential treatment center for boys. The essay, What Do I Think About Residential Treatment: A Child's Perspective won a national award and was subsequently published in this journal (Volume 9, Number 3 1992). As a result, Gus was asked to keep on writing. In chapter 11 (RTCY, Summer, 1993), Gus tantrums and processes the incident with a counselor. In the following chapter, Gus confronts the issue of foster care. Gus was created to help child care professionals better empathize with, and care for, children and families in residential treatment.
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