Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare Treatment Outcomes: Wediko Children's Services Short-term Residential Treatment Program

This study examines the effectiveness of treatment in male (n= 89) and female (n= 37) emotionally disturbed children and adolescents (ages 07-18) who have participated in a psycho-educational, short-term residential treatment program lasting 45 days. The data collected has been used to test the hypothesis that participation in the Wediko Summer Treatment Program, a form of Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare, produces statistically and clinically significant reductions of internalizing and externalizing problems as measured on the Youth Self Report and Teacher Report Forms of the Child Behavior Checklist. Results indicate partial support for this hypothesis, though effect sizes were small in all cases. Furthermore, the data were used to test the hypothesis that treatment outcomes will vary based on certain client attributes. Results indicate partial support for this hypothesis, though effect sizes were small in relation to the only two client attributes that were shown to impact treatment outcomes: Gender and Socio Economic Index.

Author

• Sweeney, Mark Timothy

Language

• en

Keyword

• Residential
• CBCL
• Healthcare
• Wediko
• Outdoor
• Behavioral

Date created

• 2010

Type of Work

• Dissertation

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Education and Human Development

Degree

• Ph.D.

Advisor

• Lanthier, Richard

Committee Member(s)

• Schwallie-Giddis, Pat
• Steen, Sam
• Peterson, Rolph
• Charneco, Dane

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/76537140z