The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare
The California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare

This document was printed from the website of the California Evidence-Based Clearinghouse for Child Welfare (CEBC), which you can access at http://www.cachildwelfareclearinghouse.org/

Re-ED - Summary

Scientific Rating:
4
Lacks Adequate Research Evidence
See scale of 1-6
Scientific Rating:
4 - Lacks Adequate Research Evidence
On a scale of 1-6

Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
2
Medium
See scale of 1-3
Relevance to Child Welfare Rating:
2 - Medium
On a scale of 1-3

Child Welfare Outcomes: Child/family well-being

Type of Maltreatment: Not specified

Target Population: Boys and girls from birth to age 22. Adaptations are made to assure developmental appropriateness across exceptionality(s). The general descriptor most frequently used in the program is “troubled and troubling” because the term is considered least stigmatic and applies to children and youth along the range of needs from mild to most severe. Children who are eligible for service in other systems are often referred to the program because of their challenging behavior.

Brief Description:

Re-ED (originally Re-Education of children with Emotional Disturbance) has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Higher Level of Placement.  Re-ED is an ecological competence approach to helping the range of troubled and troubling children and youth entering child serving systems, with their families. This philosophy-based approach refined its beliefs and practices since beginning in 1963, compiling research and evaluation studies. One recent study identified 6 elements seen as essential by Re-ED staff, significantly differing from the views of staff in more traditional programs:

  • replace pathology with a wellness view
  • use an ecological orientation
  • focus on competence and learning
  • values  teaching and counseling roles
  • build relationships
  • encourage a culture of questioning and information-based decision-making.

Research originally tested the approach in short-term residential treatment and public school support services. Since then, agencies adapted Re-ED to a wide variety of community needs across the U.S. Some formed the American Re-Education Association; their 14 sponsoring and 11 associate members provide services in 19 states from coast to coast, in the District of Columbia and abroad.

Contact Information

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Contact name: Mark D. Freado, M.A.

Affiliation/Agency: American Re-Education Association

Email: mdfreado@re-ed.org

Phone: 614-818-0063

Fax: 775-261-5462

Website: http://www.re-ed.org


Detailed Report

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Date reviewed: June 2008