How Multisystemic Therapy Empowers Families: A Therapist's View
MST provides parents with the tools to build strong families When I think about the kids I meet and ...
The Serial Podcast from a Multisystemic Therapy Perspective
We, as a nation, are sometimes riveted to something in our popular culture that we can’t stop talkin...
The High Cost of Youth Incarceration
Kids get into trouble. Some kids get into a lot of major trouble. They know right from wrong, but co...
PA Improves Juvenile Justice with Evidence-based Programs
The state of Pennsylvania adopted a new strategy in 2012 to improve its juvenile justice system. It ...
What's the Difference Between MST and FFT? A Provider's POV
Two different evidence-based programs each have unique pros SHIELDS for Families has been using both...
What One Mother Learned from MST
On Thanksgiving, people count their good fortune for many things—small and big. You snagged the last...
There’s little Justice in the American Justice System
The numbers are frightening. Right now, 2.3 million Americans are behind bars. That’s 1 in 137 peopl...
How Connecticut Turned Around Its Juvenile Justice System
Fewer than 15 years ago, Connecticut’s network of contracted programs to rehabilitate juvenile offen...
MST: Keeping Troubled Teens out of Jail and with their Families
Crystal had reached the “What more can I do?” stage. Her 17-year-old daughter, Danielle, had been ge...
Reduce Juvenile Offending with Prevention & Intervention
What we already know from years of research is effective interventions for young people in the juven...