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Pre-treatment and post-treatment data was collected from adolescent clients of a new residential treatment center at Girls and Boys Town. Youth who received treatment improved significantly on the Child Behavior Checklist and the Children's Global Assessment Scale and were maintaining their treatment gains at follow-up. Ten months following discharge, the majority were stabilized and functioning adequately in school and with their primary caregiver. For these youth, residential treatment succeeded where other interventions failed.
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Larzelere, R.E., Dinges, K., Schmidt, M.D. et al. Outcomes of Residential Treatment: A Study of the Adolescent Clients of Girls and Boys Town. Child & Youth Care Forum 30, 175–185 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012236824230
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