A theoretical model for the practice of residential treatment

This paper presents a theoretical model describing the practice of psychiatric residential treatment for children and adolescents. The emphasis is on forty practice principles, guiding concepts which dictate the specific treatment techniques and administrative procedures for the Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center. These principles are grouped into six clusters, each a critical area of concern for residential treatment: program organization, physical environment, program personnel, clinical practices, therapeutic milieu, and interpersonal relationships.