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Schneider offers a model for a comprehensive therapeutic program for adolescents whose psychopathology is such that they need to be removed from the family and social environment and obtain treatment that will enable them to begin to utilize peer and adult relationships and maintain and sustain psychological growth. Basic concepts essential to the understanding of the residential treatment process are presented and explained. The program is a unique educational/vocational/recreational/psychological one that attempts to provide treatment through "process," utilizing a combination of psychological and group social work theory with a psychiatric base. A combination of half-way house, residential treatment center, and therapeutic community/milieu in a family-style setting serves as the impetus for growth. Students are far removed from the pathogenic family nexus and are provided with appropriate, consistent, external controls. Elements of the treatment program and its essential facilities, goals, and philosophy are examined. Included also is an evaluation, a follow-up, and a discussion of an American population merged with an Israeli one.