Abstract
The John F. Kennedy Center has grown and changed over the past 30 years, although many of its original research initiatives and fundamental goals continue today. A central part of the Kennedy Center mission has been to conduct and support research aimed at the understanding of human development and preventing and solving developmental problems. The research program described in this article fits within this mission and particularly follows the tradition set forth by the work of Nicholas Hobbs. Hobbs's (1967,1975) research was concerned with the welfare of children and families and improving the human condition. He emphasized the role of the family and the larger ecosystem in the development of children. Guided by a model provided by education, Hobbs developed Project Re-Ed for working with behaviorally and emotionally disturbed children. The Re-Ed project emphasized health rather than illness, teaching rather than treatment, learning rather than personality reorganization, the present and future rather than the past, and the total social system rather than intrap-
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