With fewer people becoming involved in the process due to staying at home for treatment, juveniles will be able to share more of an intimate bond with their biological parents, because the number of contacts and referrals will decrease due to no longer having foster parents or case workers in the picture to take on that role as an appropriate adult (Brewin, & Bailey, 2004; López et al., 2013; Pierpoint, 2000; White, …show more content…
There are a variety of studies done regarding different engagement techniques and programming, such as MST (Garfinkel, 2010; Liddle, 2010; May et al., 2014), and FIT (Trupin et al., 2011), and many others and how they all provide similar findings that they are quite helpful to those involved (Garfinkel, 2010; Peterson-Badali & Broeking, 2009; Wells & Wittington, 1993; Williams & Smalls, 2015). With these programs, bonds will be reestablished (Tilbury, & Osmond, 2006), due to more of an understanding of the situation at hand, and having the knowledge of how to create a stable living environment, and eventually familial reunification (Amandoala, 2009; Garfinkel, 2010; Maluccio et al., 1986), which are ultimately the main goals in a successful juvenile system (Amandoala, 2009; D’andrade & Huong, 2014; Dorsey et al., 2014; Garfinkel, 2010; Simms, & Bolden, 1991; Tilbury, & Osmond,