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The Alternatives to Residential Treatment Study: Initial Findings

Albert J. Duchnowski received his PhD from Vanderbilt University. He is a professor in the Departments of Child and Family Studies and Special Education at the University of South Florida. His research interests include systems of care for children with emotional disabilities and methods of restructuring schools.

Michael K. Johnson

Michael K. Johnson received his PhD in clinical psychology from St. Louis University. He is a research assistant professor at the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health in the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida. His research interests are in the areas of the epidemiology of childhood psychopathology, efficacy of family and community-based treatments for youth with emotional disabilities, and service integration in the juvenile justice system.

Kimberly S. Hall

Kimberly S. Hall received her MA in sociology from the University of South Florida. She is a research coordinator at the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health. Her interests include children with emotional and behavioral problems and the elderly.

Krista Kutash

Krista Kutash is the deputy director of the Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health and assistant professor with the Department of Child and Family Studies, Florida Mental Health Institute, University of South Florida. Her research interests include policy and systems evaluations of services for youth with emotional or behavioral disabilities, public financing of mental health services, and the assessment and measurement of social competence of children and adolescents.

Robert M. Friedman

Robert M. Friedman received his PhD from Florida State University. He is professor and chair of the Department of Child and Family Studies and executive director of the Center for Children's Mental Health at the University of South Florida. His research interests include policy and systems of care for children with emotional disabilities and their families and epidemiology of childhood psychopathology. Address: Albert J. Duchnowski, University of South Florida, Florida Mental Health Institute, 13301 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, FL 33612.

The Alternatives to Residential Treatment Study (ARTS) was initiated to investigate the efficacy of several innovative, community-based, child- and family-focused service programs that serve children with serious emotional disorders and their families. This article describes the methodology developed for the study and reports the preliminary findings from a sample of subjects in the first wave of a longitudinal outcome study. The data focus on the children and their families in terms of history of problems and services, cognitive and academic levels, clinical and social functioning, impact of the youth's disability on the family, and general family functioning.

Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Vol. 1, No. 1, 17-26 (1993)
DOI: 10.1177/106342669300100105


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