Date of Award
4-30-1999
Document Type
Open Access Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Social Work (MSW)
Department
Social Work
Abstract
An increasing number of children are failing to develop secure attachments to caregivers. Many are involved with the child welfare system and display an overwhelming number of problems--emotional, cognitive, developmental, physical, moral, behavioral, and social. This exploratory study using qualitative and quantitative methods addresses how one residential treatment center has worked with this population. Case records, selected through a purposive sampling, of 14 discharged preadolescents and information from key informants support findings of this research. Themes discovered assist this treatment center, and possibly others, in understanding the relationship between the behavioral and therapeutic needs of these children and the practice interventions for those children discharged from this unit to a similar residential facility or more restricted environment.
Identifier
SC 11.MSW.1999.Schellin.TJ
Recommended Citation
Schellinger, Teresina J., "Preadolescents with Attachment Disorders: An Explanatory Study in a Residential Treatment Center" (1999). Theses and Graduate Projects. 149.
https://idun.augsburg.edu/etd/149