1. Principles and practices of residential treatment and of the four phase system. p. 1.-- 2. Evaluation. p. 29.-- 3. Psychosocial assessment by child and youth care workers. p. 61.-- 4. Group living. p. 91.-- 5. Family work in residential treatment. p. 113.-- 6. Modifying behavior through the use of a level/reinforcement system. p. 135.-- 7. The role of direct care staff in residential treatment. p. 165.-- 8. Positive discipline. p. 191.-- 9. Therapeutic programming. p. 213.-- 10. The role of education in residential treatment. p. 227.-- 11. Residential treatment of a disturbed adolescent: a case study. p. 257.-- 12. Afterword. p. 271