About this journal

Residential Treatment for Children & Youth is a peer-reviewed journal and the official journal of the Association of Children’s Residential and Community Services (ACRC), a leading professional organization in the field of residential care for children and youth.

Residential Treatment for Children & Youth aims to be a bridge between theory, practice, and policy, providing guidance and direction to residential care providers and practitioners to improve services for vulnerable children and youth in child welfare, mental health and juvenile justice systems. It addresses all issues relevant to residential care settings from staff retention, training, services, and funding to delivering specialized programs for diverse populations and their evidence-base.

Special emphases are placed on best practices, models for the residential care setting, and the impact of policy on service delivery.

The Journal welcomes original research studies and case studies or conceptual papers that describe practice concepts or innovations. Residential Treatment for Children & Youth particularly invites papers from international colleagues engaged in residential care research and practice.

Peer Review Policy: All papers published in this journal have undergone editorial screening and double-anonymous peer review by at least two reviewers. At times, the editor will also provide an additional review. Once the reviews have been completed, a decision is made by the Editor regarding rejection, request for revision, or acceptance. The corresponding author is notified of the decision and responds accordingly (e.g. with revision if requested). Resubmitted manuscripts should include a de-identified document that describes all manuscript changes in detail.

Publication office: Taylor & Francis, Inc., 530 Walnut Street, Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106.

We are grateful for our multi-national Editorial Board members who serve an important role in guiding the journal.

Editor:

Bethany Lee, PhD
University of Maryland School of Social Work, Baltimore, MD, USA

Editorial Board:

North America:

Michael Ames, PhD - Perkins, Lancaster, MA, USA

James P. Anglin, PhD - University of Victoria, BC, Canada

Joanna Bettmann Schaefer, PhD, LCSW - University of Utah, College of Social Work, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

Shamra Boel-Studt, PhD, MSW - Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

Elizabeth Farmer, PhD - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Hui Huang, PhD – Florida International University, Miami, FL, USA

Jonathan Huefner, PhD - National Research Institute for Child and Family Studies, Boystown, NE, USA

John Lyons, PhD - University of Ottawa and Chapin Hill, Ottawa, Canada

Lary Ortiz, PhD - Loma Linda University, San Bernadino, CA, USA

Daniel Pollack, JD – Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA

Mary Beth Rauktis, PhD - University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Russell Rice, MA - Executive Director for River Stones Group Homes, USA

John Robst, PhD - University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA

Joseph P. Ryan, PhD - University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

Leon Scott - Loyola University- Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

Elizabeth Schnur, PhD - Independent Consultant

Richard W. Small, PhD - Walker Home and School, Allston, MS, USA

Camela M. Hughes , PhD - LaSalle School, Albany, NY, USA

Neal Sternberg, MSCJA - Sternberg Consulting, Whitmore, CA, USA

Ronald Thompson, PhD - Boys Town National Research Institute for Child and Family Studies, Boys Town, NE, USA

James Whittaker, PhD - University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Liyun Wu, PhD - Norfolk State University, Norfolk, VA, USA

Europe:

Jorge Fernández del Valle, PhD - Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Annemiek Harder, PhD - Erasmus University, The Netherlands

Lisa Holmes, PhD – University of Sussex, UK

Sigrid James, PhD - University of Kassel, Germany

Erik Knorth, PhD – University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Laura Palareti, PhD – University of Bologna, Italy

Mark Schroedter, PhD - University of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

June Thoburn, CBE, LittD - University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK

Eeva Timonen-Kallio - Turku Univ of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland

Eric van Santen, PhD - German Youth Institute, Munich, Germany

Australia:

Frank Ainsworth, PhD - James Cook University, Townville, Queensland, Australia

Patricia McNamara, PhD - La Trobe University, Melbourne, Bundoora, Australia

Middle East:

Emmanuel Grupper, PhD - Ono Academic College, Israel