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/
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/
Type of Maltreatment: Not specified
Target Population: Children and/or adolescents with disruptive behavior disorders (CD, ODD, ADHD) living in residential treatment centers.
Brief Description:
Stop-Gap has been rated by the CEBC in the area of Higher Level of Placement. The Stop-Gap model incorporates evidence-based practices within a three-tiered approach (i.e., environment-based, intensive, and discharge related) to service delivery for residential treatment settings. The two-fold goal of the Stop-Gap model is to interrupt the youth's downward spiral imposed by increasingly disruptive behavior and prepare the post-discharge environment for the youth's timely re-integration. Youths enter the model at tier I, where they receive environment-based and discharge-related services,The focus at tier I is on the immediate reduction of "barrier" behaviors (i.e., problem behaviors that prevent re-integration) through intensive ecological and skill teaching interventions (e.g., token economy, social and academic skill teaching). Simultaneously, discharge-related interventions commence. To the extent that problem behaviors are not reduced at Tier I, intensive Tier II interventions that include function-based behavior support planning are implemented. The Stop-Gap model recognizes the importance of community-based service delivery while providing intensive and short-term support for youths with the most challenging behaviors.
Contact name: Barry McCurdy, Ph.D., BCBA
Affiliation/Agency: Devereux Center for Effective Schools
Email: bmccurdy@devereux.org
Phone: 610-542-3123
Fax: 610-542-3087
Website: http://www.devereux.org
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