title: Factors associated with admission to a day school treatment program.
abstract: In this study the authors examine the individual and family characteristics of youth (N = 105) admitted over a five year period to a day school treatment program in a western New York community. All had exhausted alternative school placements within their home school districts and had a history of severe emotional or behavioral problems. Consistent with national patterns, more males (78%) than females were admitted, but in contrast to national trends, more Caucasians (63.8%) than students of color (36.2%) were admitted. Most lived in female headed single-parent households (51.4%). A few were foster children living with relatives or in non-relative foster homes (14.3%). Poverty was common with 45.7% of these youth eligible for free lunches. Most were on psychotropic medications (57.1%) and had histories of outpatient (62.9%) and inpatient hospitalizations (23.6%) at admission. Involvement in the juvenile justice system was common with nearly a quarter involved in the juvenile justice system (n = 25; 23.8%).
authors.affiliation: Division of Social Work, Roberts Wesleyan College, Rochester, NY 14624, USA. Crofford_Rebekah@roberts.edu
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Crofford
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rittner
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nochajski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003631:Day Care, Medical; D004519:Education, Special; D005260:Female; D005581:Foster Home Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D009518:New York; D010343:Patient Admission; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011619:Psychotropic Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012572:School Health Services; D012737:Sex Factors; D020954:Single-Parent Family; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D011619:Psychotropic Drugs