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Running Head: INTERVENTION PLAN
Milestone Three: Intervention Strategies
Family and Individual
Maria Long
Southern New Hampshire University
January 4, 2021
The individual in question is a sixteen-year-old male living with his mother and
siblings. He had not had a lot of interaction with the police until he got caught stealing at a

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local mall. After he was given informal parental supervision by the courts and sent back to
school, he began acting out. Due to his school behavior, additional charges were put in place.
The purpose of this milestone is to present effective and appropriate treatment options for this
teen. The contingency plan for this teen would include school-based, office-based, and home-
based services. A school-based and court advocate will be provided to the teen. Family therapy
would be provided in-home and school based on the appropriate level of care.
Family Therapy
While parents and families are vital to successful early childhood interventions, far fewer
programs focus on families when late childhood and beyond is reached (Ryan, 2003). It is very
evident that families need to be an integral part of a treatment plan, especially for this older teen.
One of the therapy options is a Multisystemic therapy (MST). MST is a strengths-based family
intervention that considers problems as having multiple determinants (Carey & Oxman, 2007).
This type of therapy details many factors involving his behaviors in the home and at school. It
will be followed by a combination of structural and strategic therapeutic interventions . MST
draws from research-based treatment techniques (Multisystemic, Therapy, 2014):
• Behavior therapy (Multisystemic, Therapy, 2014)
• Parent management training (Multisystemic, Therapy, 2014)