title: Home/community-based services: a two-tier approach.
abstract: A two-tier model for work with high-risk families is presented. It combines multiple-family groups in the community with home-based family therapy for individual families. The ecostructural conceptual framework of the model is discussed, and its application is illustrated by a case vignette.
authors.affiliation: Marriage and Family Training Program, University of Akron, Ohio.
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Aponte
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Zarski
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bixenstine
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cibik
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003419:Crisis Intervention; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods; D015406:Single Parent / Q000523:psychology; D012931:Social Environment; D012944:Social Support