The symposium was preceded by a half - day conference on the fundamentals of
family law in Canada on 14 September 2017, designed for mental health professionals and symposium
participants who were not
justice system professionals, intended to... [more]
While not discussed specifically, many of the
participants had personally experienced the
family justice system in their own journeys through separation and divorce.
The symposium was preceded by a half - day conference on the fundamentals of
family law in Canada on 14 September 2017, designed for mental health professionals and symposium
participants who were not
justice system professionals, intended to provide important context for the work of the symposium.
Participants and their
families were randomly assigned to Multisystemic Therapy (MST) to treat sexual behavior problems [now called Multisystemic Therapy for Problem Sexual Behaviors (MST - PSB) or to treatment as usual (TAU), which was primarily group - based cognitive - behavioral interventions delivered by professionals within the juvenile
justice system.
These include the Child Study, a multi-site longitudinal randomized controlled trial of the Friends of the Children professional youth mentoring program; the Relief Nursery Study, a randomized controlled trial of a multimodal therapeutic preschool program for at risk children and
families; the Parent Child Study, a randomized trial of Parenting Inside Out, a parent management training with incarcerated parents within adult corrections; the Paths Project, a study of the transition into young adulthood for youth who were heavily involved with the juvenile justice system and who participated in a randomized trial of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC, now known as Treatment Foster Care Oregon); and the Linking the Interests of Families and Teachers (LIFT) Project, a study of the transitions into young adulthood for participants in a randomized multi-modal school - based prevention intervention program that began during elementary
families; the Parent Child Study, a randomized trial of Parenting Inside Out, a parent management training with incarcerated parents within adult corrections; the Paths Project, a study of the transition into young adulthood for youth who were heavily involved with the juvenile
justice system and who participated in a randomized trial of Multidimensional Treatment Foster Care (MTFC, now known as Treatment Foster Care Oregon); and the Linking the Interests of
Families and Teachers (LIFT) Project, a study of the transitions into young adulthood for participants in a randomized multi-modal school - based prevention intervention program that began during elementary
Families and Teachers (LIFT) Project, a study of the transitions into young adulthood for
participants in a randomized multi-modal school - based prevention intervention program that began during elementary school.