The research focus of this study hoped to answer: “Do mothers have a more difficult time coping with their child’s challenging behaviors when they were using drugs, than they do when they are sober?” Mothers using street drugs may have challenges with their children after using drugs, whether illegal or legal (like alcohol or methadone). Mothers may have challenges during drug use with these children, but are the challenges the same once mothers are clean and sober? This research took on the positivist paradigm in hopes to answer this question. The researcher got an understanding of these challenges by asking questions about the drugs used during and after pregnancy, and the challenges they had with their child’s behavior while using drugs as opposed to the challenges they have with child’s behavior while sober. These questions were asked at the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission where many women are referred and mandated by the courts, or Child Protective Services, behind past or current substance use. Results of these findings indicated that there was a reduction in problematic behaviors that seemed to be correlated with mother’s sobriety

Uppsatsen är en studie av Funktionell Familjeterapi (FFT). Syftet var att undersöka om en FFT-behandling innebar en förändring för en ungdom och dennes föräldrar avseende deras beskrivning av familjeklimatet och dyaderna inom familjen. Målgruppen utgjordes av 29 familjer som under åren 2011-2013 avslutat en FFT-behandling på Ungdomscentrum, Uppsala kommun. Familjerna hade fyllt i självskattningsformulären Frågor om Familjemedlemmar och Familjeklimat före och efter behandlingen. Resultatet visade ett flertal statistiskt signifikanta skillnader vilket stämde överens med tidigare forskning av modellen, både internationellt och nationellt. Kritik och klander hade minskat mellan familjemedlemmarna och föräldrarna ansåg sig mindre överinvolverade i sina ungdomar efter behandlingen. När det gäller Familjeklimat visade det sig att ungdomarna, mödrarna och fäderna upplevde mer närhet och mindre distans inom familjen efter genomför behandling. Studien bekräftade att FFT-modellen ger en viss effekt för familjer med en tonåring som har ett utagerande beteende. Den starka betoningen på att ändra familjens kommunikationsmönster till en mer stödjande sådan, har avgörande betydelse för om familjen fullföljer behandlingen och för om behandlingsresultatet blir positivt. / The paper is an evaluation of Functional Family Therapy (FFT). The aim was to investigate whether a FFT treatment meant a change for a youth and his parents regarding their description of family climate and dyads within the family. The target group consisted of 29 families that during 2011-2013 completed the FFT treatment at Ungdomscentrum (Youth Centre), in Uppsala community. The families had completed the self-assessment forms Issues of Family members and Family climate before and after the treatment. The results showed several significant differences that were consistent with previous research of the model, both internationally and nationally. Criticism and blame had been reduced between family members and the parents considered themselves less over-involved in their youth after the treatment. Current Family climate, it turned out that the adolescents, mothers and fathers experienced more closeness and less distance within the family in the end of treatment. The evaluation confirmed that the FFT- model provides some effect for families with a teenager with behavior problems. The strong emphasis on changing family patterns of communication to a more supportive one, is crucial for the family to complete their treatment and for the result of the treatment.

The study reported herein addressed the identification of the classroom management techniques utilized by teachers of behaviorally disordered children and youth and by teachers of adjudicated children and youth. Specifically the purpose was to examine (a) the self-reported classroom management techniques utilized by teachers of adjudicated or behaviorally disordered children and youth assigned to four types of educational and therapeutic settings, (b) the self-reported classroom management techniques utilized by teachers who have been teaching in a single type educational and therapeutic setting for behaviorally disordered or adjudicated children and youth for various numbers of years, and (c) the self-reported classroom management techniques utilized by teachers of behaviorally disordered or adjudicated children and youth in different age groups assigned to a single type educational and therapeutic setting.