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home from psychiatric hospitalization, at-risk for institutionalization or hospitalization, or
unable to benefit from traditional outpatient treatment. The program makes use of a
consistent treatment team to provide comprehensive assessment, case management,
individual and family treatment and crisis intervention.
IRS – Initial Risk Screening – An abbreviated risk assessment instrument used by
Juvenile Probation Officers in all non-judicial and first time offender judicial cases to
identify low-risk juveniles for special handling.
JAG – Juvenile Assessment Generic – A formalized assessment instrument used by
Juvenile Probation Officers that identifies and addresses a juveniles “criminogenic
needs,” measures “protective factors” and arrives at an overall score that assesses the
juvenile’s likelihood of recidivating.
JPO – Juvenile Probation Officer – A Judicial Branch employee whose duties include
administering various risk assessment instruments preparing studies for the court and
supervising juveniles under the court’s jurisdiction.
MDFT – Multi Dimensional Family Therapy – MDFT is an intensive outpatient
family-based treatment system for adolescent substance abuse and related problems. It
focuses on changing current problem behaviors and the thoughts that perpetuate them.
However, MDFT also addresses the past recollections and how the past impacts the
current negative emotions and problem behaviors.
MST – Multi Systemic Therapy – An evidence-based, intensive, home and familycentered
program for chronically violent or substance-abusing post-dispositional children
classified at a very high and high risk of recidivating. This service utilizes cognitive
behavior therapy and is contracted by both DCF and CSSD.
YIC – Youth in Crisis – a person sixteen to seventeen years of age who, has without just
cause run away from the parental home or other properly authorized and lawful place of
abode, is beyond the control of parents, guardian or other custodian, or has four
unexcused absences from school in any one month or ten unexcused absences in any
school year. It is anticipated that this classification will be eliminated and these youth
will become FWSN children in 2010 when the age of juvenile court jurisdiction is
increased to 18.
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