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A Multi‐Faceted Response to an Adolescent's School Failure *
Author(s) -
Freund John C.,
Cardwell Gilbert F.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of marital and family therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.868
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1752-0606
pISSN - 0194-472X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0606.1977.tb00455.x
Subject(s) - intervention (counseling) , psychological intervention , family therapy , psychology , psychotherapist , developmental psychology , psychiatry
A family‐based, multi‐system intervention is described as a response to three years of an adolescent's school failure. In a case study describing an unmotivated family, unmotivated school, and systems‐oriented helpers, an intervention plan is developed that is directed toward improving the adolescent's school behavior and performance. Family therapy occurred concurrently with those interventions. A family‐trained psycho educational consultant is employed to mediate between family and school to avoid disturbing the integrity of the therapists relationship with the family. Short‐term effects of these procedures are described.