Transforming Residential Interventions

This book provides a contemporary framework to address the needs of young people and their families, alongside practical strategies that can be implemented at the program, community, system, and policy levels.

Beth Caldwell served as the director of the national Building Bridges Initiative since its inception and has years of experience consulting nationally and internationally to implement practices and policy changes that align with the research on improved outcomes for youth and families post residential discharge. Robert E. Lieberman has over four decades of direct care, clinical, and organizational leadership in residential programs. He has written extensively and trains and consults nationally. Janice LeBel is a board-certified psychologist with over 30 years' experience working in public sector youth and family services overseeing an array of services and promoting positive cultures of care. Gary M. Blau is a clinical psychologist and the executive director of The Hackett Center for Mental Health, a Regional Program of the Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute. Prior to this he served as the chief of the Child, Adolescent and Family Branch at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.

About the Editors About the Contributors Acknowledgements Preface Transforming Residential Interventions: A Practice Framework ROBERT E. LIEBERMAN, JANICE LEBEL, BETH CALDWELL, JOE ANNE HUST, JULIE COLLINS, AND GARY M. BLAU Putting Families First: Strategies to Transform and Advance Family Engagement and Partnership ANNE KUPPINGER, JOE ANNE HUST, PAT HUNT, PAT MOSBY, SHERRI HAMMACK, AND BETH CALDWELL Youth Engagement and Empowerment Strategies JAMMIE GARDNER, LACY KENDRICK BURK, AND RAQUEL MONTES Advancing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Residential Interventions TANVI AJMERA, JULIE COLLINS, LINDA HENDERSON-SMITH, CHANDLER COGGINS, AND GARY M. BLAU Residential Transformation: Successful Strategies and Examples JANICE LEBEL, MARTHA J. HOLDEN, DEBORAH A. FAUNTLEROY, LETICIA GALYEAN, WILLIAM R. MARTIN, AND CARLENE CASCIANO-MCCANN Residential Intervention Strategies to Accelerate Permanency CHRISTOPHER BEHAN, JAMES LISTER, DIANNA WALTERS-HARTLEY, LAUREN FREY, EVETTE JACKSON, AND MARLONY CALDERON Residential Oversight Agencies: Successful Strategies and Examples for Residential Transformation ELIZABETH MANLEY, JANICE LEBEL, AND KAMILAH JACKSON Establishing Partnerships to Improve Aftercare and Long-Term Outcomes for Youth and Families Served Through Residential Interventions JOE FORD, DEBRA MANNERS, WENDY WANG, ROBERT E. LIEBERMAN, JURON MCMILLAN, AND BETH CALDWELL Evidence-Informed Residential Programs and Practices for Youth and Families SIGRID JAMES WITH LACY KENDRICK BURK Understanding and Applying a Neurodevelopmental Approach in Residential Interventions ROBERT E. LIEBERMAN, TINA CHAMPAGNE, EMILY Y. WANG, AND KATIE RUSHLO Measuring the Impact of Residential Interventions: A New Frontier DANA WEINER, RON THOMPSON, AND MARVIN CAIN ALEXANDER Developing Fiscal and Financing Strategies for Residential Interventions JULIE COLLINS AND SHERRY PETERS 13. Residential Transformation: Taking Change to the Next Level GARY M. BLAU, ROBERT E. LIEBERMAN, JOE ANNE HUST, JANICE LEBEL, AND BETH CALDWELL Index