
Family Assessment Handbook An Introductory Practice Guide to Family Assessment
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Table of Contents
Foundations for Family Assessment and Intervention | |
The Context for Family Work | p. 1 |
Family Defined | p. 2 |
Family Context | p. 3 |
Beliefs, Preferences, and Facts | p. 4 |
Personal Beliefs | p. 4 |
Family Beliefs | p. 5 |
Professional Beliefs | p. 6 |
Practice Setting Beliefs | p. 6 |
Legal Requirements | p. 7 |
Maintaining Ethical Standards | p. 7 |
Ethical Decision-Making Protocol | p. 7 |
Confidentiality Concerns | p. 8 |
Summary | p. 10 |
Learning Activities | p. 11 |
A Framework for Understanding the Family | p. 13 |
Families and Environments | p. 14 |
Getting Started | p. 14 |
Family Engagement | p. 15 |
Guiding Principles of Assessment | p. 16 |
Approaches to Using Evidence-Based Assessment | p. 17 |
Elements of Assessment | p. 18 |
Purpose of Assessment | p. 18 |
The Assessment Process | p. 19 |
The Framework | p. 19 |
Assessment Tools | p. 20 |
Writing the Assessment Report | p. 22 |
Summary | p. 22 |
Learning Activities | p. 23 |
Assessing Your Family and Critical Thinking | p. 25 |
Assessing Your Family Experiences | p. 25 |
Journal Writing | p. 26 |
Why Critical Thinking? | p. 26 |
How to Start Writing a Journal | p. 27 |
What Will You Learn? | p. 27 |
Learning Activities | p. 28 |
Family Assessment and Intervention | |
The Family System | p. 33 |
Family | p. 34 |
Theoretical Basis for Family Assessment | p. 35 |
Key Assumptions | p. 35 |
Key Concepts | p. 36 |
Family Development | p. 41 |
Stages | p. 41 |
Tasks | p. 42 |
Attachments | p. 43 |
Family Structure | p. 43 |
Family Culture | p. 43 |
Family Beliefs | p. 45 |
Family Traditions and Rituals | p. 45 |
Family Functioning | p. 47 |
Summary | p. 49 |
Learning Activities | p. 49 |
Intergenerational Family Systems | p. 51 |
Developmental Issues | p. 52 |
Social Support and Engagement in the Community | p. 52 |
Changes in Physical and Mental Health | p. 52 |
Declining Functional Abilities | p. 53 |
Retirement | p. 53 |
Widowhood | p. 53 |
Assessing Families Life Using the Life Course Perspective | p. 54 |
Transitions and Trajectories | p. 54 |
Decision-Making Authority | p. 54 |
Caregiving for a Frail and Dependent Elder | p. 56 |
Facilitating Residential Transitions for Older Adults | p. 57 |
Managing Multiple Work-Family Obligations | p. 57 |
Engaging Older Adults in Intergenerational Family Assessment | p. 57 |
Evidence-Based Intervention Strategies | p. 58 |
Summary | p. 58 |
Learning Activities | p. 59 |
Family Assessment | p. 61 |
Preparation for the Assessment | p. 61 |
Assessment Approaches | p. 62 |
Tools for Collecting and Organizing Clinical Data | p. 63 |
The Family Interview | p. 63 |
Mapping and Graphic Tools | p. 66 |
Self-Report Tools | p. 75 |
Teaching and Role-Play Tools | p. 77 |
Issues of Concern | p. 78 |
Culturally Sensitive Assessment | p. 78 |
Selecting Dimensions for Assessment | p. 78 |
Summary | p. 79 |
Learning Activities | p. 80 |
Evidence-Based Family Interventions | p. 83 |
Developing an Intervention Plan | p. 84 |
Selecting Realistic Goals | p. 85 |
Focusing on Solutions | p. 85 |
Focusing on Family Strengths | p. 85 |
Changing Cognitions | p. 86 |
Changing Affective Factors | p. 87 |
Changing Behavioral Factors | p. 87 |
Creating Opportunities | p. 88 |
Selecting Interventions | p. 89 |
Parent and Family-Based Strategies | p. 90 |
Changing Boundaries | p. 91 |
Evidence-Based Family Interventions | p. 91 |
The Family Assessment Report | p. 92 |
Summary | p. 93 |
Learning Activities | p. 93 |
Linking Assessment and Intervention | p. 95 |
Selecting Measures to Use | p. 95 |
Individualized Measures | p. 95 |
Standardized Measures | p. 96 |
Guidelines for Using Measurement Tools | p. 96 |
Measuring Common Family Problems | p. 97 |
Family Functioning | p. 98 |
Child Problems | p. 98 |
Parent and Marital Problems | p. 98 |
Evaluating Family Change | p. 100 |
Summary | p. 102 |
Learning Activities | p. 103 |
Practicing Family Assessment: Case Studies | |
The Del Sol Family: Marital Conflict and Parenting Concerns | p. 105 |
Case Study Activities | p. 105 |
Writign an Assessment Report | p. 105 |
Family Interview-Role-Play for Assessment and Planning | p. 106 |
The Del Sol Family | p. 107 |
Referral Route | p. 107 |
Family Composition | p. 107 |
The Del Sol Family Genogram | p. 108 |
The Family System | p. 108 |
Family Background Information | p. 109 |
Family Strengths and Challenges | p. 109 |
Intervention Planning | p. 110 |
Assessment Tools | p. 110 |
Contract | p. 111 |
The McCoy Family: Coping with a Mother's Death and Role Change | p. 113 |
Case Study Activities | p. 113 |
Family Assessment Report | p. 113 |
Family Interview-Role-Play | p. 113 |
Family Needs | p. 114 |
Case Study: The McCoy Family | p. 114 |
Referral Route | p. 114 |
Family Composition | p. 114 |
The McCoy Family Genogram | p. 115 |
The Family System | p. 115 |
Family Background Information | p. 115 |
Developmental History of the Family | p. 116 |
Family Strengths and Challenges | p. 116 |
Assessment and Plan for Family | p. 117 |
Planning for Services | p. 117 |
The Yellowbird Family: Foster Care, Delinquency, and Transition to Independent Living | p. 119 |
Case Study Activities | p. 119 |
Discuss the Case | p. 119 |
Role-Play | p. 120 |
Case Study: The Yellowbird Family | p. 121 |
Referral Source | p. 121 |
Family Composition | p. 121 |
Family Background Information | p. 121 |
Placement Information | p. 121 |
Jason Yellowbird's Placement Sequence | p. 124 |
The Foxx Family: Physical Abuse, Aggression, and Parent - Child Management | p. 125 |
Study Activities | p. 125 |
Consider the Case | p. 125 |
Web Site Exploration | p. 126 |
Case Study: John Foxx | p. 126 |
Identifying Information | p. 126 |
Presenting Problem | p. 126 |
Assessment Plan for John Foxx | p. 128 |
The Sherman Family: Applying for Adoption | p. 131 |
Study Activities | p. 131 |
Assessment | p. 131 |
Discuss Attitudes, Beliefs, and Values | p. 131 |
Design an Adoption Support Group | p. 131 |
The Sherman Family: Home Assessment Report for Private Adoption | p. 132 |
Identifying Information and Personal History | p. 132 |
Family Dynamics and Community Relationships | p. 135 |
Home and Neighborhood | p. 136 |
Income | p. 136 |
Understanding of Adoption and Motivation | p. 136 |
Child Desired | p. 137 |
References | p. 137 |
Overview of Assessment Process | p. 137 |
Recommendation | p. 138 |
The Fernandez Family: Supporting an Older Adult | p. 139 |
Study Activities | p. 139 |
Case Study: The Fernandez Family | p. 140 |
The Jacques Family: Assessment and Intervention in Family Violence | p. 141 |
Study Activities | p. 141 |
Assessment | p. 141 |
Intervention | p. 142 |
Cultural Issues | p. 142 |
Case Study: The Jacques Family | p. 142 |
Reason for Referral | p. 142 |
Presenting Problems | p. 142 |
Family History | p. 142 |
La Torre Family: A Young Adult with Mental Illness | p. 147 |
Study Activities | p. 147 |
Psychoeducation Workshop Role-Play | p. 147 |
Case Activities for Written Assignments or Class Discussion | p. 148 |
Case Study: La Torre Family | p. 148 |
Referral Information | p. 148 |
Family Data | p. 148 |
Presenting Problem | p. 148 |
Family History | p. 149 |
Assessment and Treatment Information | p. 149 |
Sources of Information | p. 149 |
Assessment Instruments | p. 149 |
Intervention Selection | p. 150 |
Evidence-Based Intervention Strategy | p. 150 |
Measuring and Evaluating Change | p. 151 |
References | p. 153 |
Index | p. 159 |
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