Research and Evaluation
- Projects Summary
Measuring the Essentials of Re-Education Programs
This Re-ED project's focus is to create standards for determining how consistent a program is to the principles of Re-education, and to examine Re-ED program effectiveness.
Other project goals include the development of measurement tools that:
- Provide clear definitions of the Re-ED Essentials.
- Encourage discussion about what Re-ED is and is not.
- Serve as a diagnostic tool that programs can use in self study and quality assurance efforts.
- Help agencies strengthen existing programs and develop new ones.
- Verify that agencies included in major AREA publications are Re-ED consistent.
- Serve as a means for validating the Re-ED approach in research studies.
Contact/More Information
To find out more about this project, please contact the Director of Research
and Evaluation.
mrauktis@pressleyridge.org
To find out more about the Re-ED at Pressley Ridge, click here.
To find out more about the American Re-Education Association, click here.
Therapeutic Alliance (TA) refers to the relationship that develops between a client and a clinical professional. It is characterized by an emotional bond, agreement on therapeutic tasks and goals, and trust between the therapist and the client. TA is consistent with the principles of Re-ED, and is considered essential in helping clients make positive changes in their lives.
The TA project a collaboration between Pressley Ridge and the Vanderbilt University's Center for Mental Health Policy. Students and teacher-counselors from The Ohiopyle Wilderness Program and the Day School/Partial Hospitalization Program participated in this study, the goals of which were to:
- Identify the staff characteristics that enhance TA.
- Identify intervention strategies which increase youth and staff alliance.
- Examine the correlation between staff and student ideas regarding critical characteristics of TA.
- Does participation in therapeutic wilderness camping trips affect youth/teacher and teacher/youth alliance?
We have also examined alliance in the context of treatment foster care in order to determine the trajectory of alliance development over time, and what parent and youth factors impact alliance.
Restrictiveness of Living Environment Scale (ROLES)
Pressley Ridge, along with Girls and Boys Town and Casey Family Programs are collaborating to revise the ROLES. The ROLES is the most commonly used outcome measure of living restrictiveness but changes in the systems of care have necessitated its revision. If you are interested in participating in the Pilot studies or want to know more about this research, please contact the Director of Research and Evaluation.
Contact/More Information
mrauktis@pressleyridge.orgPressley Ridge regularly conducts evaluations of all of its programs. If you are interested in seeing a report specific to a service line (residential, treatment foster care, community based, education), please contact the Director of Research and Evaluation.
Contact/More Information
mrauktis@pressleyridge.org