The Importance Of Family Intervention

When trying to figure out where most of the issues we face as adults stems from there is often one common denominator. Most of these issues can be traced back to how your family functioned. The values that were emphasized, the roles each member played and the interactions that occurred all play a significant role in how we function as people. At the core of most of our distress and accomplishments is our family dynamic and ultimately what occurred within your family has the ability to impact your future. How can we ensure that parents or guardians are making the right choices when it comes to the best way to raise a child? For decades in psychology one topic that has always sparked an interest with researchers are the inner workings of the family dynamic. As a result of that interest a significant amount of research has been done. From this research psychologists figured out the best interventions, which can be implemented in order to improve the life of …show more content…
This treatment is family focused and works on enhancing family functioning in order to reduce the odds of the teen repeating their illegal behavior (Lesson Commentary). It uses a home-based model where participants have access to therapist 24 hours a day, 7 days a week (Letourneau, Henggeler, Borduin, Schewe, McCart, Chapman, Saldana, 2009). The goal of this treatment is to give parents the skills needed to handle raising an adolescent and to provide the adolescent with the skills needed to deal with family problems by using behavioral parent training and cognitive-behavioral therapy (Letourneau, Henggeler, Borduin, Schewe, McCart, Chapman, Saldana, 2009). One study showed that MST was more effective at maintaining desired outcomes through a 1-year post recruitment of juvenile sex offenders than more typical services provided to such offenders (Letourneau, Henggeler, Borduin, Schewe, McCart, Chapman, Saldana,