Titre :
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Behavioral differences of children in institutional and group home care. : Differences de comportement chez les enfants placés, selon la taille et type d'institution. (1994)
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Auteurs :
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I. HOFFART ;
R.M. GRINNELL
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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Community alternatives (vol. 6, n° 1, 1994)
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Pagination :
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33-48
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Enfant
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Etablissement social
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Résultat
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Prise charge médicosociale
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Evaluation
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Comportement
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Trouble personnalité
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Placement
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Sexe
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Canada
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Résumé :
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Group homes and institutions constitute some of the primary sources of long-term care for children who cannot stay with their parents. Though the outcomes of treatment in these facilities do not seem to differ, it is suggested that the institutionalized children require more costly and controlled treatment beacause their disturbances are more severe. In order to investigate the justification behind institutionalizing children in care, this study compared the severity of behavioral disorders of children in group homes and institutions. The purpose of the study was to describe the differences between the children in institutions and children in group homes in the areas of severity and patterns of their behavioral problems. Child care workers filled out the Achenbach Child Behaviour checklist to assess 57 children in 3 institutions and 57 children in 12 group homes... The findings showed that female children in institutions were more severely disturbed than females in gr. homes across several behavioural syndromes (p<. the institutionalized males were more severely disturbed on only one dimension statistical differences generally not accompanied by clinical differences. it was suggested that child gender may have to be taken into account in referrals and treatment of children care. policy makers encouraged examine viability a client-driven placement process expand continuum services currently available>
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