Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth : A Culture of Promise.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (321 pages)
- The Driftless Connecticut Series and Garnet Bks. .
- The Driftless Connecticut Series and Garnet Bks. .
Cover -- RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- Author's Note and Acknowledgments -- 1. On the Way Up the Hill -- 2. A Place to Start -- 3. A New Home -- 4. A New Direction -- 5. Children Do Not Belong in Psychiatric Hospitals! -- 6. A New Name -- 7. The Evolution of a Milieu -- 8. Children's School -- 9. Recreation in the Children's Unit -- 10. Adolescence -- 11. Teamwork -- 12. Identity -- 13. Post-Merger -- 14. A Broader View of Change -- 15. Addressing the Mood in the Milieu -- 16. The Next Generation -- APPENDIXES -- 1. Excerpts from The Behavioral Learning Environment Unit: BLEU-A Handbook and Training Manual Prepared for the Staff at Connecticut Valley Hospital Children's Unit -- 2. Excerpts from ABCD Program-Staff Manual -- 3. Excerpts from Sunburst Program Manual -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
A personal history of the groundbreaking children's mental health facility.
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Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth (Middletown, Conn.). Mentally ill children--Care--Connecticut--Middletown. Child psychotherapy--Residential treatment--Connecticut--Middletown.