Family Empowerment Intervention: An Innovative Service for High-Risk Youths and Their Families Contributor(s): Pallone, Letitia C. (Author), Dembo, Richard (Author), Schmeidler, Robert James (Author) |
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ISBN: 0789015730 ISBN-13: 9780789015730 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $49.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2002 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Family & Relationships | Life Stages - Adolescence - Law |
Dewey: 362.708 |
LCCN: 2001051857 |
Series: Haworth Criminal Justice, Forensic Behavioral Sciences & Offender Rehabilitation |
Physical Information: 0.54" H x 5.98" W x 8.04" (0.71 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Topical - Family - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher 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:
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! |