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Over 50 bibliotherapy references are also provided along with material related to building resilient families and youth. In addition, readers are given a sample of a multiple family group contract, documentation notes, and a session by session planning sheet. Professionals will be amazed at how much time this text will save them. The book will quickly become a daily resource manual which will assist in more easily planning and facilitating these treatment groups."--Jacket.
This book describes Brief Strategic Family Therapy, a strengths-based model for diagnosing and correcting interaction patterns that are linked to troublesome symptoms in children ages 6 to 18.
Rich with illustrative case material, this book guides mental health professionals to break the cycle of at-risk behavior by engaging adolescents and their families in home, school, and community contexts. The authors explore the multigenerational patterns that shape the lives of poor and ethnic minority adolescents and present innovative strategies for intervening beyond the walls of the agency or clinic. Grounded in research, the book shows how to implement both home-based family therapy and school-based achievement mentoring to provide a comprehensive web of support. Building on the earlier Reaching Out in Family Therapy, this book reflects the ongoing development of the authors' multisystems approach and many other important changes in the field; the majority of the content is completely new. It is an indispensable resource for beginning and experienced professionals or text for courses on adolescent intervention or adolescent mental health.
This book explains how to provide Functional Family Therapy (FFT), a highly successful family intervention for delinquent and substance-using adolescents. FFT systematically alters important risk and protective factors associated with the problem behaviors.
This highly practical resource integrates the powerful dynamics of family into residential treatment and outdoors-based therapy for young people. Recognizing both the family as the systemic base for promoting change in adolescents and the therapeutic potential of the residential/wilderness setting, experts show how aligning the two can enhance the healing value of the program while promoting higher standards for care. Chapters describe innovative, science-based interventions and techniques for treating common behavioral and emotional problems along a continuum of family involvement and separation, to address issues affecting the family as well as the identified patient. With its accessible ideas and compelling case studies, the book ably demonstrates the critical role of family in adolescent patients’ successful transition to post-treatment life. Among the topics covered: • A parallel process: home therapy while the adolescent or young adult is in residential care.• Intentional separation of families: increasing differentiation through wilderness therapy.• Emerging family therapy models utilized in residential settings.• Engaging families in Outdoor Behavioral Healthcare.• Research on coping skills used by youth with emotional and behavioral disorders.• Expanding our understanding of the place of family therapy in residential treatment. Family Therapy with Adolescents in Residential Treatment offers novel, exciting, and effective strategies and techniques for practitioners and mental health professionals particularly interested in family therapy with adolescents, and in related interventions and research.
There has been a strong recent trend towards incorporating evidence into Social Work practice in general, and into group work in particular. This trend has focused on the education of students in the use of evidence, development of evidence-based interventions, and discussion of how evidence can be used to improve practice. A limitation of most of this literature is that it has been written by researchers for the consumption of practitioners, limiting the ability of evidence-based practices to be incorporated into unique community settings and with specific populations. In spite of this difficulty, implementation of evidence-based practices continues quietly in practice settings. This book describes efforts to integrate evidence into community settings, which have two foci. The first part details group models developed through collaborations between researchers and community agencies. Each chapter details efforts to implement, research, or review programs in community settings. The second part deals with issues around instruction and dissemination of evidence-based group work into practice settings. The volume makes a significant contribution to the discussion about evidence-based group work. This book was published as a special issue of Social Work with Groups.
Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS) is an incurable chromosomal abnormality that has a life-long impact on individuals with the disorder and their families. PWS is a life threatening condition, which affects various aspects of the body and is known as the leading genetic source for morbid obesity in children (National Institute of Health, 2008). The prevalence of PWS is 1 in 15,000 births, affecting people of both genders, all races, and ethnicities equally (Nolan, 2003). Although food may be a significant threat for individuals with PWS, non-food-related issues must be addressed as well because they lead not only to tantrums and aggressive behavior, but also to hoarding or ritualistic behaviors (Wigren & Hanson, 2003). Individuals with PWS display social and behavioral difficulties throughout their lifespan which eventually leads to a higher risk of isolation and depression (Rosner, Hodapp, Fidler, Sagun, & Dykens, 2004). Individuals with PWS struggle to create a meaningful life with their families. Behavioral problems and ritualistic behaviors often interfere with their ability to develop appropriate social relationships with others and has been correlated to increased levels of stress between family members (Rosner et al., 2004). Many individuals and families seek out social and mental health services but fail to find services tailored to their needs. Individuals and families living with PWS have a profound need for specialized family therapy intervention programs. The purpose of this doctoral project will be to design a program for individuals with Prader-Willi Syndrome and their families that will effectively combine the following evidence-based interventions: (a) components of Multifamily Group Therapy and (b) the Incredible Years parenting program. The program will provide psychoeducation to parents and siblings about the physiological and emotional effects of their family member's disability, improve parenting educational strategies, and provide or expand community support for the entire family system. Furthermore, parents will be educated to understand how adverse family circumstances and chronic parental stress may lead to the development of insecure or disorganized attachments with their children and how it may negatively impact psychological maladjustment for individuals with PWS and their healthy siblings (Rae-Seebach, 2010).
This book has been replaced by Adolescents at Risk: Home-Based Family Therapy and School-Based Intervention, ISBN 978-1-4625-3653-5.