In summary, our study results suggest that there is promise in proactively offering parenting services that enhance motivation and engage parents in empirically supported intervention services. As suggested by Kazdin (1987), a “dental model” is perhaps more appropriate for the prevention and treatment of antisocial behavior. The health maintenance model and the dental model are closely aligned. In both models, prevention and treatment services are integrated into periodic visits. As one would hope, following a dental check-up, follow-up services are driven by results of well-established assessment protocols. Finally, the most vulnerable patients are motivated to engage in more frequent and intensive services. From this perspective, offering the FCU in a variety of service contexts that include periodic contact increases engagement of community samples of children and families (Hoagwood &Koretz, 1996). Examples of such service settings include WIC, Head Start, public school systems, and general pediatric care. Results of this study suggest that interventions such as the FCU are appealing to caregivers when the focus is collaborative, respectful, and strengths based. This approach has the potential to prevent children arriving to
