Full Description
Use this important intervention to improve your practice with substance-using youths and their families!This vital book gives you a detailed review of a National Institute on Drug Abuse-funded, long-term clinical trial of the Family Empowerment Intervention (FEI). The subjects are youths who have been arrested and processed at the Hillsborough County Juvenile Assessment Center and their families. With information on the conceptual foundations and clinical practices of the intervention and an examination of its one-year and longer-term impact on these youths' recidivism and psychosocial functioning, Family Empowerment Intervention: An Innovative Service for High-Risk Youth and Their Families will help you provide better services to these difficult-to-serve clients.Bringing you up-to-date on all aspects of this unique intervention, this book:
examines the pressing need for this kind of intervention
gives you an essential overview of the FEI
describes the selection process for subject involvement in the project and the methods of data collection used
examines the FEI's impact on crime as well as its short- and long-term impact on and drug and alcohol use
suggests ways to improve the FEI
Complete with dozens of easy-to-understand tables and figures as well as five helpful appendixes, this well-referenced volume is essential reading for anyone working with this highly volatile population. Make it a part of your collection today!
Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1. The Need for Effective, Cost-Efficient Intervention Services for High-Risk Youths
Strengths and Limitations of Case Management and Referral Services
A Study of Preliminary Screening
The Importance of Family Interventions with an Ecological Focus
Criteria for Evaluating Intervention Programs
Organization of Report
Chapter 2. Overview of Family Empowerment Intervention
Theoretical Foundations
Goals
Structural Intervention Strategies
Phases of the Intervention
Categories of Families Served by the FEI
Involving Families and Moving Them Through the FEI to Graduation
The Field Consultants
Roles and Responsibilities of Key Supervisory Personnel
Clinical Policies
Ensuring the Integrity of Intervention Services
Implementing the FEI
Chapter 3. Youths and Families Involved in the Youth Support Project
Setting for the YSP
Selecting Youths and Families for Enrollment in the YSP
Data-Collection Procedures
Characteristics of Youths at Baseline Interview
Summary
Chapter 4. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Crime
Case Type
Official Record Outcomes
Self-Reported Delinquency
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes
Chapter 5. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Alcohol and Other Drug Use
Short-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use
Long-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes
Chapter 6. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Emotional/Psychological Functioning
Short-Term Impact on Emotional/Psychological Functioning
Long-Term Impact on Emotional Psychological Functioning
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes
Summary of Findings
Chapter 7. Conclusions and Directions for the Future
Short-Term Impact of the FEI
Long-Term Impact of the FEI
Could Project Referrals to Services Account for Its Impact, Not the FEI?
Cost-Saving Benefits of the FEI
How Could the FEI Be Improved?
Next Steps
Appendix A. Time 1 Summary Measures for Six Sets of Major Variables
Appendix B. Parent-Adolescent Communication (Adolescent and Mother Form)
Appendix C. Publications Resulting from the Youth Support Project and Family Empowerment Intervention
Appendix D. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Second Follow-Up Period
Appendix E. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Third Follow-Up Period
References
Index
Reference Notes Included
