Re: Treatment Resistant Families

[Kym Kilpatrick <kkilpatr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rob,
do you have any references you can recommend for this model of treatment?
Thanks,
Kym



Rob wrote:
>
>You may want to take a look at the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model, if
>you are not already familiar with it.  FFT was specifically developed for
>dealing with resistant families--those that are high-risk and have low
>motivation for change.  Although initially developed (Dr. Jim Alexander,
>University of Utah) for work with delinquent youth, FFT has been
>successfully generalized and extended to a number of populations.  I used
>FFT extensively (and successfully) when I worked in the child protection
>field several years ago.  Best of all, FFT is one of the few family therapy
>models that's empirically based and validated--the Center for the Prevention
>of Violence endorsed it a couple of years ago.
>
>Good luck,
>
>Rob
>
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Regards,

Kym.

Kym Kilpatrick, Ph.D.,                     e-mail: kkilpatr@metz.une.edu.au
Psychology Department,             phone: + 61 67 73-2568
University of New England,         fax:   + 61 67 73-3820
Armidale NSW 2351, Australia