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A three year follow-up study of children discharged from a residential treatment program was conducted to determine long-term family reunification rates. The primary interest was a comparison of families which had received different types of parent involvement programs during their child's placement. Results indicated that families which had received a combination of experiential and didactic involvement programs reunified at a significantly higher rate than did those receiving either program separately. Results are discussed with regard to the difficulties of achieving successful reunification for families with children in placement.
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Carlo, P., Shennum, W.A. Family reunification efforts that work: A three year follow-up study of children in residential treatment. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 6, 211–216 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00755848
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