. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 20.

Published in final edited form as: Fam Soc. 2013 Feb 5;90(3):248–254. doi: 10.1606/1044-3894.3894

Table 3.

General Program Characteristics

Program characteristics	No. programs	% programs
Developed by agency	13	37.1 ^a
Practitioners received outside training	17	81.0 ^b
Practitioners receive ongoing external supervision	14	82.4 ^c
Utilizes a manual	30	85.7 ^a
Set number of sessions (Mode = 6, Range: 3–48)	22	62.9 ^a
Uses an individual family assessment to help planning	28	80.0 ^a
Includes an evaluation of outcomes	31	88.6 ^a

All programs (N = 35)

external programs (n = 21; 1 of 22 respondents indicated “Don’t Know”)

programs with external training (n = 17).