In North Carolina, Texas and Washington, D.C., Youth Villages provides Multisystemic Therapy (MST) that has proven to be successful in helping youth ages 12 to 17 who have committed serious antisocial behaviors and are at-risk of placement out of the home.  Youth Villages was one of the first agencies to implement MST on a large scale outside of clinical trials beginning in 1994.

MST is built on the principle that a seriously troubled child's behavioral problems are multidimensional and must be confronted using various perspectives. The child's problems may stem from his own individual characteristics, his family, a deviant peer group, problems in school or the community or, in most cases, a combination of some or all of those things. The MST model calls for simultaneously addressing all of those areas.

For more information on MST go to: www.mstservices.com