Mental Health Services

Intensive Family Based Services (IFBS) Workgroup

A workgroup has been formed to review the current Intensive Family Based Services program. The workgroup includes - Department of Mental Health, Department for Children and Families/Family Services, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Programs, Juvenile Justice and the provider system.

The workgroup will:

Identify the best mental health, substance abuse, child welfare and juvenile justice practices for family treatment and support
Recommend a practice model for Vermont to the commissioners of the participating departments
Identify the implementation requirements including training, leadership, management and resources
Recommend a model to the Justice for Children Treatment Service Workgroup

Below you will find the research and best practice literature in order to frame this process. The workgroup has also heard from Vermont programs regarding their best practice and will continue to meet throughout the year in order to develop an effective Vermont model integrating researched and current best practice and develop a more comprehensive Vermont model for Intensive Family Based Services.

Literature

Methods of Engagement in Family-Based Preventive Intervention (Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Vol. 19, No. 2, April 2002)

Engaging Multiproblem Families in Treatment: Lessons Learned Throughout the Development of Multisystemic Therapy (Family Process, Vol. 38, No. 3, 1999)

Evaluating Process in Child and Family Interventions: Aggression Prevention as an Example (Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 16, No. 2, 2002)

The Role of Family Functioning in Treatment Engagement and Posttreatment Delinquency Involvement (Neil C. Headman, 2003)

Family Stability as a Protective Factor Against Psychopathology
for Urban Children Receiving Psychological Services (Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Vol. 35, No. 4, 2006)

IFPS and IFRS: Findings and Implications for Practice (National Family Preservation Network)

Functional Family Therapy: Principles of Clinical Intervention, Assessment, and Implementation (Functional Family Therapy, 2002)

HOMEBUILDERS Fidelity Measures – Abridged* Program Structure Standards (Institute for Family Development, 2007)

HOMEBUILDERS Standards (Institute for Family Development, 2007)

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: New Directions in Research (Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 2002)

Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) (National Child Traumatic Stress Network)

Motivational Interviewing in the HOMEBUILDERS Model

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