NCJ Number
237258
Date Published
October 2010
Length
20 pages
Annotation
This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Parenting with Love and Limits program implemented by the Champaign County, IL, Mental Health Board.
Abstract
Highlights from the evaluation of the Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) program include: 74 percent of youths and families that participated in the program successfully completed it; on average, participants in PLL completed the program in 1.9 months, compared to those in other community mental health and probation services programs; youths who participated in PLL showed significant reductions in severe emotional and behavioral problems as measured by the Child Behavior Checklist and the Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale; and the overall recidivism rate for youths who participated in PLL was 4 percent. This report presents the results of an evaluation of the Parenting with Love and Limits (PLL) Program implemented by the Champaign County, IL, Mental Health Board. The program is an evidence-based treatment model for adolescents, aged 10-18, with extreme emotional and behavioral problems. The program combines parenting management group therapy, family therapy, and wound work into a single system of care to engage resistant teenagers and their families. Data for the evaluation were obtained from program results of 192 youths and their families who were served by PLL between April 2009 and June 2010. The evaluation found that the PLL program showed positive results in its first year of implementation, including high rates of family engagement, shorter lengths of stay, reductions in emotional and behavioral problems among adolescent participants, and low subsequent at-risk and delinquency behaviors. Tables and figures