Download or read book Strengthening High-Risk Families written by Lisa Kaplan and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 1994-06-14 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This groundbreaking study offers mental health and social-service practitioners, administrators, and students a bold new paradigm for intervening with high-risk families. Kaplan and Girard recommAnd hands-on, family-centered assessment and treatment strategies to empower families to change. They give special attention to treating families with physical or sexual abuse, domestic violence, substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, or homelessness.