Functional Family Therapy (FFT) is a best practice program, offered through Wilder’s Child Guidance Clinic, for adolescents who are difficult to treat due to aggressive, disruptive or defiant behavior. The youth treated in this program are typically adjudicated delinquents in Ramsey County.

Over a course of 3-4 months, a therapist provides Functional Family Therapy in twelve home-based sessions. The model includes specific protocols and activities for engaging and motivating families to change their behaviors and to sustain these changes in real-life situations.