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Assessing the Post-Residential Functioning of Latency-Aged Conduct Disordered Children
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Post-residential FunctioningResidential ChildrenEducationMental HealthResidential ProgramBehavioral IssueChild AssessmentDevelopmental DisorderBehavioural ProblemHealth Services ResearchBehavior ProblemsChild PsychologyPsychiatryRehabilitationChild DevelopmentBehavioral SupportPediatricsMedicineFoster Care
Immediate, short, and long-term functioning of an initial sample of 37 latency-aged children discharged from a residential program was examined. The results indicated significant decreases in behavior problems according to the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL; Achenbach & Edlebrock, 1983), although at least 43% of the children were still functioning within the clinical range on ihe Aggressive, Externalizing, and Total Problem scales at discharge and followup. These findings support a long-term care model for a subgroup of this population whereby residential children with more severe symptoms and their parents require protracted supports and services within a behavioral-systems or ecological model.