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Family empowerment intervention : an innovative service for high-risk youths and their families / Richard Dembo, James Schmeidler.

Van Pelt Library HV1421 .D45 2002
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Dembo, Richard.
Contributor:
Schmeidler, James.
Series:
Haworth criminal justice, forensic behavioral sciences & offender rehabilitation
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social work with youth.
Youth--Family relationships.
Youth.
Family social work.
Youth--Services for.
Families.
Physical Description:
xiv, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : Haworth Press, [2002]
Contents:
Chapter 1. The Need for Effective, Cost-Efficient Intervention Services for High-Risk Youths 1
Strengths and Limitations of Case Management and Referral Services 4
A Study of Preliminary Screening 5
The Importance of Family Interventions with an Ecological Focus 8
Criteria for Evaluating Intervention Programs 12
Organization of Report 13
Chapter 2. Overview of the Family Empowerment Intervention 15
Theoretical Foundations 15
Goals 20
Structural Intervention Strategies 20
Phases of the Intervention 25
Categories of Families Served by the FEI 31
Involving Families and Moving Them Through the FEI to Graduation 31
The Field Consultants 32
Roles and Responsibilities of Key Supervisory Personnel 37
Clinical Policies 38
Ensuring the Integrity of Intervention Services 44
Implementing the FEI 48
Chapter 3. Youths and Families Involved in the Youth Support Project 51
Setting for the YSP 51
Selecting Youths and Families for Enrollment in the YSP 53
Data-Collection Procedures 65
Characteristics of Youths at Baseline Interview 67
Chapter 4. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Crime 81
Case Type 82
Official Record Outcomes 83
Self-Reported Delinquency 97
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes 111
Chapter 5. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Alcohol and Other Drug Use 113
Short-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use 115
Long-Term Impact on Alcohol/Other Drug Use 127
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes 137
Chapter 6. Impact of the Family Empowerment Intervention on Emotional/Psychological Functioning 139
Short-Term Impact on Emotional/Psychological Functioning 140
Long-Term Impact on Emotional/Psychological Functioning 144
Influence of Change in Project's Clinical Leadership on Outcomes 150
Chapter 7. Conclusions and Directions for the Future 153
Short-Term Impact of the FEI 154
Long-Term Impact of the FEI 156
Could Project Referrals to Services Account for Its Impact, Not the FEI? 157
Cost-Saving Benefits of the FEI 159
How Could the FEI Be Improved? 162
Appendix A. Time 1 Summary Measures for Six Sets of Major Variables 169
Appendix B. Parent-Adolescent Communication (Adolescent and Mother Form) 173
Appendix C. Publications Resulting from the Youth Support Project and Family Empowerment Intervention 175
Appendix D. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Second Follow-Up Period 177
Appendix E. Percentage of ESI Youths, FEI Noncompleters, and FEI Completers Who Reported Receiving Various Services During the Third Follow-Up Period 179.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-189) and index.
ISBN:
0789015722
0789015730
OCLC:
48450039

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