What is it about?
The article will focus on how the wraparound model of intervention was applied to a treatment program for children and families at-risk. We suggest theoretical concepts and practical strategies that describe how an effective therapeutic community as a "facilitating environment"(Winicott, 1979) can contribute to the healing of at-risk families and preventing out-of-home placement.
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Why is it important?
More knowledge is needed about "best practice strategies" for wraparound interventions, and their effectiveness. This manuscript aims to shed light on a central component of wraparound intervention: creating a therapeutic community of a multi-professional team.
Perspectives
In this manuscript, we tried to share several insights and therapeutic strategies that were formulated in a long process of trial and error in the treatment of many at-risk families. The approach's primary objective is to give families a new loving experience. Feeling "lovable" leads to being "love able". Our main goal was to emphasize the important role of the therapeutic community as a "facilitating environment" in order to achieve a sense of feeling loved. It is important to remember that even though no intervention can offer "magical solutions" for out-of-home placement, supplying the family a facilitating environment has a significant impact and effectiveness in the family rehabilitation process.
Adi Mana
Peres Academic Center
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This page is a summary of: Facilitating a Therapeutic Environment, The Family Journal, July 2018, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1066480718795121.
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