Abstract
Strategically planned activity components for residential treatment program directly reduced the amount of negative acting out which must be managed in the cottage environment. Sequentially guided creative tasks can provide a supportive central core for treatment goal implementation. Organized activities serve to measure progress towards individual and peer relationship objectives. Specific step-by-step strategies and projects are recommended for use within the therapeutic milieu for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents.
Highlights
Strategically planned activity components for residential treatment program directly reduced the amount of negative acting out which must be managed in the cottage environment
Specific step-by-step strategies and projects are recommended for use within the therapeutic milieu for emotionally disturbed children and adolescents
As the activity component expands within the cottage culture, the number of children working at one time can be increased as the interactional ground rules become ritualized and as peers can be cultivated to take a leadership role
Summary
With kind permission from the: Journal of Child and Youth Care Work, Strategic Activity Planning for Emotionally Disturbed Children and Adolescents, Vol 4, Summer 1988, 71-79, Schneider-Muñoz, A. J., © National Organization of Child Care Worker Associations, Inc. ABSTRACT: Strategically planned activity components for residential treatment program directly reduced the amount of negative acting out which must be managed in the cottage environment. Working together with child care counselors, I have constructed activity components within the residential treatment milieu for severely emotionally disturbed, autistic, and delinquent children and adolescents.
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