What are multiservice interventions? Describe multiservice interventions for children who experience abuse and neglect. What are some of the expected outcomes for these interventions?

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Multiservice intervention programs provide a broad range of services that include supportive community services from multiple sources (child welfare, law enforcement, the courts, schools, hospitals, health departments, and mental health agencies) and a combination of individual, family, and group counseling methods, behavioral skills training to eliminate problematic behavior, individual and group parenting education, and family therapy. Home visitation programs attempt to identify high-risk parents in a community and provide them with the parental education, social support, and resources to public and private community services aimed at preventing child abuse and neglect. One of the most common treatment options to address the effects of child abuse and neglect are group counseling programs. These programs set out to reduce the child’s sense of isolation or stigma through exposure to other victims of abuse, develop self-protective strategies, teach relaxation techniques, along with developing a better understanding of family violence.