Functional Family Therapy (FFT)

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Functional Family Therapy (FFT) Functional Family Therapy is a clinically based program aimed to help youth that particularly come from a violent lifestyle. It therapeutically reshapes the perspectives of the individual in efforts to prevent later criminality. The efforts to improve familial interactions, behavioral, and social skills are implemented in ways to serve as preventive or intervention mechanisms. The age range of targeted participants range from 11-18 years old including both genders and a broad spectrum of races (Office of Justice Programs: Functional Family Therapy). The program was created in the 1970s by Dr. James F Alexander, who had a goal in mind to rebuild families all the while preventing victimization and crime (“Functional Family Therapy”). The program has received international attention and is currently being implemented in 45 states and 11 countries around the world typically in high crime areas (“Functional Family Therapy”). The next question one may ask is how this program is funded. FFT is a state-funded program, and for Washington State it cost them approximately $3,200 dollars per youth (“Functional Family Therapy”). There is no set mission…show more content…
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