Adolescent Substance Abuse Intervention Series Module Six: Multidimensional Family Therapy

Description: 

Multidimensional family therapy is the multi-systemic family-focused treatment described in this manual for experienced family therapists that includes 12 weeks of in-clinic and telephone sessions working with individual adolescents and their families. MDFT is a family-based outpatient treatment developed for clinically referred adolescents with drug and behavioral problems (Liddle, 1992). MDFT targets the psychosocial functioning of individual family members, the family members’ relationships, and influential social systems outside the family.

This course uses Volume Five of the series of treatment manuals produced under the Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Project Cooperative Agreement.  All material appearing in this report is in the public domain and may be reproduced or copied without permission from SAMHSA or CSAT. Citation of the source is appreciated. However, this publication may not be reproduced or distributed for a fee without the specific, written authorization from the Office of Communications. The fee you are paying for this course is for the credits only the materials are provided at no charge.

Citation:  Liddle, H.A. Multidimensional Family Therapy for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Cannabis Youth Treatment Series, Volume 5. DHHS Pub. No. 02–3660 Rockville, MD: Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 2002.  

URL: http://www.chestnut.org/li/cyt/products/MDFT_CYT_v5.pdf

Objectives:  

1. Participant will be able to utilize the MDFT framework to comprehend and act on core clinical phenomena.

2. Participant will be able to implement MDFT techniques as tools to access and facilitate adaptive change.

3. Participant will be able to describe how the MDFT framework conceptualizes adolescent substance problems.

4. Participant will be able to discuss the MDFT approach to adolescent development and developmental problems.

5. Participant will be able to implement adaptive functioning and pro-social development interventions with substance abusing adolescents and their families.

6. Participant will be able to list the risk and protective factors of adolescent development. 

7. Participant will be able to list and describe the dimensions of MDFT.

CE Credits: 27

CE Broker#: 10-1165560

Agenda:

Hour One: Pretest.

Hour Two: Three: Overview of MDFT Approach.

Hour Three - Five: Dimensions of MDFT.

Hour Six – Seven: Three Stages of Treatment.

Hour Eight – Nine: The Key Concepts of MDFT.

Hour Ten – Eleven: The Adolescent Subsystem Module.

Hour Twelve – Fifteen: Clinical Guidelines:  Dealing with Drugs in MDFT.

Hour Seventeen – Twenty: The Parents and Other Family Members. 

HourTwenty one – Twenty three: The Family Interaction Module, School Intervention.

Hour Twenty four – Twenty Seven:  Working the Model.

Purpose: To equip professional counselors with an evidence-based family treatment model for use with adolescent substance abusers who meet criteria for outpatient intervention.