Disproportionate Minority Confinement Conference.ppt

Disproportionate Minority Confinement Conference Des Moines, Iowa Dec.2, 2004 National Resource Center for?Family Centered Practice,University of Iowa, School of Social Work Presenter: Lynn McDonald, MSW, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison Goals of Presentation Overview of the Families and Schools Together FAST Program: an evidence based prevention model (SAMHSA, OJJDP) History of successful engagement of low-income, minority parents into multi-family groups to build protective factors Recommended principles of cultural adaptation of an evidence-based model Multi-Family Groups: FAST Comm