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Riverview Hospital Staff Manuals Gathered by Richard J. Wiseman Wesleyan University Press Middletown, Connecticut Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress These manuals are reproduced with permission of the Department of Children and Families of the State of Connecticut (DCF). DCF neither recommends nor endorses the programs or the materials. All rights reserved 978-0-8195-7598-2 Cover photograph courtesy of the Connecticut Department of Children and Families. Table of Contents Introductory note Section 1 BLEU: The Behavioral Learning Environment Unit, A Handbook and Training Manual Section 2 ABCD Program Manual Section 3 Sunburst Program Manual Introductory Note This ebook is intended as a companion to the book, Riverview Hospital for Children and Youth: A Culture of Promise, by Richard J. Wiseman. These are the original staff manuals that guided the work with children and youth at Riverview Hospital. All three manuals are consistent with the Riverview philosophy of a Therapeutic Milieu. They were written by the staff of Riverview Hospital and consultants. The BLEU program is a token economy system. Its name, a Behavioral Learning Environment Unit tells it all. Kids learn that hard, honest work, by earning BLEU dollars, allows participation in the necessities of daily life. Wrong choices have penalties, such as fines, and keeping a savings account broadens future choices. The ABCD program focus is on four values: Autonomy, Belonging, Competence, and Doing For Others. These values are woven into all aspects of the children's day, and staff helps them understand their learning tasks, according to their specific level. The Sunburst program is for younger children and the focus is on family living, nurturing and raising achievement levels. By providing assigned levels of tasks in daily activities, children are challenged and encouraged to participate in attaining their specific goals. Children eat family style and help prepare as well as eat together. Children learn by having different assignments as their part of the group. If they learn their responsibilities, they move up to the next achievement level. Together the manuals form the “stepping stones” for a culture of promise. —Richard J. Wiseman April, 2015 THE BEHAVIORAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT UNIT BLEU A Handbook and Training Manual Prepared for the Staff at Connecticut Valley Hospital Children's Unit J. Randolph Burnham, Ph.D. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are many people who helped in the development of BLEU. My heartfelt thanks: To Dr. Richard Wiseman for his backing and guidance. To Mr. George Dunham, for without his invaluable conceptual input and ongoing consultation this project would never have come this far. To Linda Unkelbach, Diane St. Jean, Gary Larkins, Don Lippincott, Nancy Winship, Frank Winiski, Al Stewart, Uta Graichen, Nancy Milardo, Paula Howe, Wes Moorhead, Kurt Tauer, and other future staff who have waited patiently and have the job of implementing BLEU. To Marcia Pease, who proof read the many pages of my chicken scrawl. To Steve Hodge and Gloria Chandler, who will be BLEU's teacher and social worker, and who helped in constructing much of BLEU's content. To Mrs. Jacquelyn Reardon, who typed BLEU with cheer and aplomb. To my wife, Pri, who had to listen to my rantings and ravings, and who gave me much support to carry on. Finally, to the Children for whom the program was conceived. It is my hope that BLEU will help them to learn and live more productive lives. ) JRB
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