Whole families participate in 8 or 10 weekly sessions of carefully orchestrated, research-based, interactive, fun family activities. Following the graduation, FAST parents run their own follow up multi-family meetings for two years with support to maintain the social networks. After six months, these gains are maintained and there is increased parent involvement in school, increased parent self-sufficiency, and decreased social isolation. FAST improves student behavior and supports family strength through a well-defined collaboration between parents, the school, a local mental health agency, a local provider of substance abuse prevention and intervention services, a youth advocate, and a youth partner. The four days consists of two days in a workshop, three site visits, and one review day.
Training workshops can be for one or more teams.
Travel costs are separate. Follow-up training or consultation is not required but is recommended.