The California Institute for Behavioral Health Solutions (CIBHS)
is working with a wide range of partner agencies to engage in the
model adherent implementation of evidence-based practices.
Informed by experiences of county mental health departments and
other public agencies, non-profit community-based organizations,
and foundations CIBHS has created an approach designed to support
the full and sustained implementation of practices and programs –
The Community Development Team (CDT) Model.
MST is a pragmatic and goal-oriented treatment that specifically
targets factors of each youth’s social network that are
contributing to his or her antisocial behavior.Thus, MST
interventions typically aim to improve caregiver discipline
practices, enhance family affective relations, decrease youth
association with deviant peers, increase youth association with
prosocial peers, improve youth school or vocational performance,
engage youth in prosocial recreational outlets, and develop an
indigenous support network of extended family, neighbors, and
friends to help caregivers achieve and main
