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This study examined post treatment outcomes of 88 young adults who attended a psycho-educational center for moderately to seriously emotionally troubled children. Over 60% made positive adjustment to adult life; the remainder were marginally functioning. Most subjects did not continue after high school with post-secondary education or vocational training nor did they or their parents receive individual and family therapy or supports from social services. Academic skills and parents' involvement in psycho-therapy were predictors of positive adjustment; child abuse was negatively correlated with adjustment.
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This research has been supported in part by a grant from the Alexander and Margaret Stewart trust, under the will of Helen S. Devore.
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Tissue, R., Korz, A.C. When emotionally troubled children grow up: Adjustment in young adults who attended a psycho-educational treatment center. Child Psych Hum Dev 23, 175–182 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707148
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00707148