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Functional Family Therapy
Department of JusticeOffice of Justice ProgramsOffice of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency PreventionJohn J. Wilson, Acting AdministratorFrom the AdministratorWhile a number of States andcommunities are turning to punitiveapproaches to addressing juvenilecrime, research indicates that suchapproaches, despite their high cost,are largely ineffective. Juvenile offen-ders removed from their families andcommunities eventually return, andunless their underlying behavioralproblems have been treated effectively,these problems are likely to contributeto further Family Therapy (FFT)draws on a multisystemic perspectivein its Family -based prevention andintervention efforts. The program ap-plies a comprehensive model, proventheory, empirically tested principles,and a wealth of experience to thetreatment of at-risk and Bulletin chronicles FFT s evolu-tion over more than three decades;sets forth the program s core prin-ciples, goals, and techniques; andreviews its research implementation of FFTis described, and an example ofeffective replication is years of clinical researchindicate that FFT can prevent theonset of delinquency and reducerecidivism at a financial and humancost
cents. FFT is a short-term intervention— including, on average, 8 to 12 sessions for mild cases and up to 30 hours of direct service (e.g., clinical sessions, telephone calls, and meetings involving community resources) for more difficult cases. In most cases, sessions are spread over a 3-month period. Regardless of the target
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