Specialty Populations Served - Institute for Family Centered Services

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Institute for Family Centered Services (IFCS): Home Specialty Populations Served

What specialty populations will benefit from Family Centered Treatment?

Family Centered Treatment� is a model of service delivery designed for families, and in some cases, individuals that are having difficulty coping with life circumstances that vary in both type and degree. This model has proven successful with families and individuals faced with some distinctively defined needs. As result, FCT� has proven effective with some specialty populations that have been traditionally served within the context of client centered treatment. With some specialty populations, additional individualized or specialized treatment may be required. IFCS� Family Centered Treatment� model is designed to assist the family or individual with making changes needed to create more stability or effective functioning as they cope with their specific medical, behavioral, or emotional situation.

FCT� has proven effective for families or individuals coping with the effects of the following specialty needs or circumstances: the dually diagnosed mental health client, families involved in domestic violence, the juvenile justice client, infant mental health, families involved in abuse and neglect situations, sexual abuse victims and offenders and other trauma or crisis situations.

For a description of the components of FCT� and other services associated with FCT� see our Services section.