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Youth And Family Based In-Home Services Program In Tennessee: Factors For Success, Craig S. Hall
Youth And Family Based In-Home Services Program In Tennessee: Factors For Success, Craig S. Hall
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Intensive in-home services is a family-centered, strength-based intervention program offering comprehensive treatment that includes family therapy, mental health treatment and parenting skills for caregivers, development of positive social systems, and assistance with accessing community resources for long-term support (Youth Villages, 2013b). Framed on family system theory, Intensive-In Home Services (IIHS) was developed from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Functional Family Therapy, Social Development, and Crisis Intervention models as a means to modify behaviors that place youth at risk for out-of-home placement. The socio-historical development of these models is examined in the literature review.
Intensive in-home services is a family-centered, strength-based intervention program …