Description
Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a family focused intervention for at-risk and juvenile justice involved youth.
Age & Delivery
- 10-18 years old
- Typically conducted in a(n): Adoptive Home, Birth Family Home, Foster Home, and Outpatient Clinic.
Inclusionary Criteria
Child/Youth and their families whose range of problems include but are not limited to:
- acting out
- conduct disorder
- alcohol and/or substance abuse
- limited access to resources
- a range of diagnose
Exclusionary Criteria
Child/Youth who is
- actively suicidal
- actively homicidal
- actively psychotic without medication stabilization
Youth in respite or emergency care
Youth who will not be returning home within 30 days
Youth not living with permanent/long-term caregiver
Treatment Duration/Rate
Families participate in a series of sessions over a 3-5 month treatment period.
Description
MultisystemicTherapy (MST) is an intensive family- and community-based treatment that addresses the multiple determinants of serious antisocial behavior in juvenile offenders.
Age & Delivery
- 12-17 years old
- Typically conducted in a(n): Adoptive Home, Birth Family Home, Foster Home, and Outpatient Clinic. Telehealth sessions could be an option for extreme circumstances.
Inclusionary Criteria
Child/Youth and their families whose range of problems include but are not limited to:
- acting out
- conduct disorder
- alcohol and/or substance abuse
- limited access to community resources
- a range of diagnose
- Pre- Dispositional Risk Assessment (PDRA) 2 or higher
Exclusionary Criteria
Child/Youth who is
- actively suicidal
- actively homicidal
- actively psychotic without medication stabilization
- Pre- Dispositional Risk Assessment (PDRA) below a 2
- Youth in respite or emergency care
- Youth who will not be returning home within 30 days
- Youth not living with permanent/long-term caregiver
Treatment Duration/Method
Families participate in 3 to 4 sessions per week over a 2 to 5 months treatment period
Average hours of therapy is 60