The re-invention of residential treatment: an agenda for research and practice11An earlier version of this article appeared as: “Reinventing residential childcare: an agenda for research and practice.” Special Issue of Residential Treatment for Children and Youth 2000;18:13–31. Portions of the article also were presented at several professional symposia, including: The 6th Congress of the European Scientific Society for Residential and Foster Care for Children and Adolescents [EUSARF]. University of Paris-X Nanterre, September 23–26, 1998; The Duke Symposium on Group Care. East Carolina University, School of Social Work, April 10–11, 1997; and a working conference of the New York City AIDS Orphan Project: Planning & Placement: Expanding the Options for Orphans of the HIV Epidemic. Fund for the City of New York, October 17–18, 1996