title: Special education in residential treatment.
abstract: Special education programs in residential treatment settings face significant challenges that include issues of family dynamics, the increasingly troubled student population, public school collaboration, and the ever-changing climate of special education governance.Successful programs must build in flexibility and collaboration to deliver prescriptive services to the identified needs of their students.
authors.affiliation: Carman Consulting, 11 Timber Trail, South Windsor, CT 06074, USA. gcarman@jdam.org
authors.forename: Gary O
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Carman
authors.forename: Nelson
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Dorta
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kon
authors.forename: Jerry
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: Michelle A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Zarrilli
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012931:Social Environment