title: Academic Enhancement site.
abstract: This off-reservation boarding school serves over 600 students in grades 4-12; approximately 85% of the students reside in campus dormitories. After having documented significant improvement on a number of outcomes during a previous High Risk Youth Prevention demonstration grant, the site submitted a Therapeutic Residential Model proposal, requesting funding to continue successful elements developed under the demonstration grant and to expand mental health services. The site received Therapeutic Residential Model funding for school year 2001-2002. Once funds were received, the site chose to shift Therapeutic Residential Model funds to an intensive academic enhancement effort. While not in compliance with the Therapeutic Residential Model initiative and therefore not funded in subsequent years, this site created the opportunity to enhance the research design by providing a naturally occurring placebo condition at a site with extensive cross-sectional data baselines that addressed issues related to current federal educational policies.
authors.affiliation: Lanham, MD 20706, USA. judithdejong@comcast.net
authors.forename: Judith A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: DeJong
authors.forename: Stanley R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Holder
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D004519:Education, Special / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006303:Health Services, Indigenous / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007198:Indians, North American / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D016134:Organizational Policy; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D012112:Residential Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012940:Social Problems / Q000208:ethnology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013808:Therapeutic Community; D014481:United States