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