Adapting Multisystemic Therapy for Co-Occurring Child Maltreatment and Parental Substance Abuse: The Building Stronger Families Project
Author: Cynthia Cupit Swenson, Cindy M. Schaeffer.; Elena Hontoria Tuerk, Scott W. Henggeler.; Michelle Tuten.; Peter Panzarella, Christine Lau.; Lind Remmele, Tere Foley.
Source: Volume 09, Number 01, Winter 2009 , pp.3-8(6)
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Abstract:
Co-occurring child maltreatment and parental substance abuse present very serious public health concerns. This article describes a project, Building Stronger Families (BSF), that is addressing this problem by integrating an evidence-based treatment of child abuse and neglect, Multisystemic Therapy for Child Abuse and Neglect, with an evidence-based treatment of adult substance abuse, Reinforcement Based Treatment. The core models on which BSF is based are outlined, and the key structural and clinical characteristics of the integrated model are described. Preliminary findings indicate favorable outcomes in recruiting and retaining families, implementing the combined models clinically, retaining staff, and maintaining a cooperative and collaborative working relationship among project collaborators.Keywords:
Affiliations:
1: Medical Center of South Carolina; 2: Medical Center of South Carolina; 3: Center for Addiction and Pregnancy, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; 4: Connecticut Department of Children and Families; 5: Connecticut Department of Children and Families.