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A Literature Review Comparing the Outcomes of Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care

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Both advocates of residential group care and therapeutic foster care claim that their programs serve the most troubled children and youth. Prior research, often limited to single sites and small numbers of subjects, have not confirmed such claims. The authors describe the evidence regarding these claims, the research literature pertaining to program effectiveness, and a means for empirically evaluating the impact of residential group care and therapeutic foster care.

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Curtis, P.A., Alexander, G. & Lunghofer, L.A. A Literature Review Comparing the Outcomes of Residential Group Care and Therapeutic Foster Care. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal 18, 377–392 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012507407702

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