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An Introduction To Family Social Work

by: Collins, Donald

An Introduction To Family Social Work

by: Collins, Donald

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9780495092247
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049509224X
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 07/06/2006
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Summary

SECTION I. 1. Field of Family Social Work. 2. The Family as a Social System. 3. Family Work Skills. SECTION II. ASSESSMENT. 4. Genograms & Developmental Perspective. 5. Understanding Diversity in the Assessment Process. 6. Risk and Strengths Assessment. 7. Measurement Instrument. SECTION III. INTERVENTION PHASE. 8. Problem Definition, Goal Setting and Contracting. 9. Intervention at the Meso and Macro Levels. 10. Intervention at the Family and Parental Level. 11. Focusing on Children. SECTION IV. EVALUATING YOUR WORK. 12. Evaluating Family Work. SECTION V. TERMINATION. 13. Termination.

PREFACE

xviii

CHAPTER ONE The Field of Family Social Work

(40)

What Is Family Social Work?

(4)

Field of Family Social Work

(2)

Family Social Work and Family Therapy

(1)

Realities of Family Social Work Practice

(2)

The Family as a Special Group Form

(1)

What Is a Family?

(2)

Purposes of Families

(3)

Diversity and Families

(3)

Family Diversity Now and Beyond

(2)

Family of Orientation/Family of Origin

(1)

Family of Procreation

(1)

Extended Family

(1)

Blended Family

(1)

Adoptive Family

(1)

Foster Family

(1)

Single-Parent Family

(1)

Diverse Family Structures

(1)

A Definition of Family

(2)

Myths About the Family

(1)

Beliefs About Families

(4)

Belief I: Families Want to Be Healthy

(1)

Belief II: Families Want to Stay Together and Overcome Their Differences

(1)

Belief III: Parents Need Understanding and Support for the Challenges Involved in Keeping Relationships Satisfying and for Raising Children

(1)

Belief IV: Parents Can Learn Positive, Effective Ways of Responding to Their Children if They Have Opportunities for Support, Knowledge, and Skills

(1)

Belief V Parents' Basic Needs Must Be Met Before They Can Respond Effectively and Positively to the Needs of Their Children

(1)

Belief VI: Every Family Member Needs Nurturing

(1)

Belief VII: Family Members, Regardless of Gender or Age, Deserve Respect from Each Other

(1)

Belief VIII: A Child's Emotional and Behavioral Difficulties Should Be Viewed Within the Context of the Family and the Larger Social Environment

(1)

Belief IX: All People Need a Family

(1)

Belief X: Most Family Difficulties Do Not Appear Overnight But Have Developed Gradually Over the Years

(1)

Belief XI: A Difference Exists Between Thoughts and Actions in Parenting

(1)

Belief XII: A Difference Exists Between Being a "Perfect" Parent and a "Good Enough" Parent

(1)

Belief XIII: Families Require Fair and Equal Treatment from Environmental Systems

(1)

Principles That Guide Family Social Work

(2)

Principle I: The Best Place to Help Families Is in Their Home

(1)

Principle II: Family Social Work Empowers Families to Solve Their Own Problems

(1)

Principle III: Intervention Should Be Individualized and Based Upon an Assessment of the Social, Psychological, Cultural, Educational, Economic, and Physical Characteristics of the Particular Family

(1)

Principle IV Family Social Workers Must Respond First to the Immediate Needs of Families and Then to Their Long-Term Goals

(1)

Assumptions of Family Social Work

(7)

Home-Based Support for Families

(2)

Family-Centered Philosophy

(1)

Crisis Intervention

(1)

"Teachability" of Families

(1)

Ecological Approach

(3)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Exercises

(5)

CHAPTER TWO Family Systems

(32)

What Is a Family System?

(2)

Key Assumptions About Family Systems

(18)

The Family As a Whole Is More than the Sum of Its Parts

(1)

Families Try to Balance Change and Stability

(4)

A Change in One Family Member Affects All of the Family Members

(1)

Family Members' Behaviors Are Best Explained by Circular Causality

(4)

A Family Belongs to a Larger Social System and Encompasses Many Subsystems

(4)

A Family Operates According to Established Rules

(3)

Family Subsystems 6i

Spousal and Parental Subsystems

(1)

Triangulation

(3)

The Sibling Subsystem: Fellow Travelers

(1)

Family System Disruptions

(2)

Multigenerational Transmission of Patterns

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Exercises

(4)

CHAPTER THREE Practical Aspects of Family Social Work

(20)

Referral Process

(1)

Scheduling Family Meetings

(3)

Setting Up the First Appointment

(1)

Allowing for Travel Time

(1)

Accommodating Family Preferences

(1)

Preparation and Care of Materials

(1)

What to Wear

(1)

Including Children in Meetings

(2)

Handling Disruptions and Maintaining Contact

(1)

Telephone Follow-Up

(1)

Safety Considerations

(3)

The Aggressive Parent

(1)

The First Meeting: Assessing Clients' Needs

(2)

Building a Relationship with Clients

(2)

Orienting Clients to Family Social Work

(1)

Case 3.1: Confidentiality

(1)

Protecting Clients' Confidentiality

(2)

Guidelines for Protecting Clients' Confidentiality

(2)

Case 3.2: Preparing for the Beginning Visit

(1)

Chapter Summary

(1)

Exercises

(1)

CHAPTER FOUR The Beginning Phase

(26)

Tasks for the Beginning Phase: Engagement and Assessment

(6)

Make Contact with Every Family Member

(1)

Define the Problem to Include Perceptions of All Members of the Family

(2)

Establish Goals and Clarify an Intervention Process

(1)

Case 4.1: Family Social Work Goals

(1)

Contract with the Family

(1)

Common Pitfalls of New FSWs

(1)

Basic Interviewing Skills Needed by Family Social Workers

100

(1)

Guidelines for Effective Interviews

101

(2)

Principles of Effective Communication

103

(7)

The Communication Process

105

(1)

Influence of Cultural Background

106

(1)

Methods of Providing Information

107

(1)

Attending Behaviors

108

(1)

Self-Awareness

109

(1)

Core Qualities Needed by Family Social Workers

110

(6)

Empathy

110

(4)

Nonpossessive Warmth

114

(1)

Genuineness

115

(1)

Dysfunctional Behaviors to Avoid in Family Social Work

116

(1)

Chapter Summary

117

(1)

Exercises

117

(2)

CHAPTER FIVE Qualitative Family Assessment

119

(37)

Introduction to Qualitative Assessment

120

(1)

Case 5.1: Family Assessment

121

(1)

The Context of Family Assessment

121

(2)

Purpose of Family Assessment

123

(1)

Ecological Assessment

123

(4)

Qualitative Techniques

127

(3)

Family History

128

(2)

Visual Techniques

130

(10)

Genogram

131

(6)

Ecomap

137

(2)

Other Visual Techniques

139

(1)

Criteria for Assessing Family Functioning

140

(1)

Family Assessment Measure

141

(4)

Problem Solving

141

(1)

Affective Responsiveness

142

(1)

Affective Involvement

142

(1)

Communication

142

(2)

Role Behavior

144

(1)

Autonomy

144

(1)

Modes of Behavioral Control

145

(1)

Assessing Parenting Skills

145

(2)

Assessment of Child Development

146

(1)

Assessment of Parent–Child Relationship

147

(1)

Considerations for Assessing Minority Families

147

(6)

Assessment Issues for African American Families

148

(1)

Assessment Issues for Hispanic American Families

148

(1)

Assessment Issues for Asian American Families

148

(1)

Assessment Issues for Native American Families

148

(1)

Psychosocial Adjustment

149

(1)

Relationships with Family Members

149

(1)

School Adjustment and Achievement

150

(1)

Case 5.2: Ethnic Minorities

151

(1)

Peer Relationships

151

(1)

Adaptation to the Community

151

(1)

Case 5.3: Genogram

152

(1)

Chapter Summary

153

(1)

Exercises

153

(3)

CHAPTER SIX Quantitative Assessment

156

(22)

Purposes of Quantitative Measurement

157

(1)

Selecting a Measurement Instrument

157

(9)

Reliability

158

(4)

Validity

162

(4)

Frameworks for Incorporating Quantitative Measurement

166

(3)

Single Subject Design

166

(3)

Goal Attainment Scaling

169

(1)

Measurement Instruments

169

(4)

Self-anchored and Self-Monitoring Instruments

169

(2)

Direct Behavioral Observation

171

(2)

Standardized Measures

173

(1)

Other Quantified Measures

173

(1)

Using Measurement to Link Assessment and Intervention

173

(1)

Client Readiness for Treatment

174

(1)

Treatment Planning

174

(1)

Case 6.1: Quantitative Assessment

175

(1)

Chapter Summary

175

(1)

Exercises

176

(2)

CHAPTER SEVEN Family Development and the Life Cycle

178

(42)

Understanding a Developmental Perspective

178

(1)

Factors Affecting Family Diversity over the Life Cycle

179

(5)

Culture

179

(1)

Social Class

180

(1)

Gender

181

(1)

Immigration

181

(1)

Sexual Orientation

182

(2)

Developmental Stages

184

(20)

Marriage/Partnering/Pair Bonding/Affiliative Orientation

188

(1)

Case 7.1: Transition

189

(2)

Birth of the First Child and So On

191

(3)

Families with Preschool Children

194

(1)

Families with School-Aged Children

195

(3)

Families with Teenagers

198

(2)

Families with Young People Leaving Home: Launching

200

(2)

Boomerang Phase

202

(1)

Issues for Older Parents

203

(1)

Variations Affecting the Family Life Cycle

204

(10)

Separation and Divorce

204

(5)

Single Parenting

209

(2)

Remarriage, Step parenting, and Blended Families: How Many Times Do You Hear About Ugly Step fathers?

211

(2)

Death of a Parent

213

(1)

Parenting by Grandparents

213

(1)

Case 7.2: Working with Diverse Family Structures

214

(1)

Chapter Summary

214

(1)

Exercises

215

(5)

CHAPTER EIGHT Family Strengths and Resilience

220

(30)

Ecological Risk and Opportunities

221

(6)

Microsystem

221

(3)

Mesosystem

224

(2)

Exosystem

226

(1)

Macrosystem

226

(1)

Risk

227

(3)

Culture

230

(9)

Family Resilience

239

(3)

Strengths: Creating an Ecological Niche

242

(3)

Key Strategies

245

(3)

Case 8.1: Looking for Strengths

247

(1)

Chapter Summary

248

(1)

Exercises

248

(2)

CHAPTER NINE Assessment with the Entire Family

250

(22)

Effective Assessment and Intervention

251

(5)

Culturally Sensitive Practice

251

(1)

Focus on the Family's Needs

252

(1)

Respect Clients' Autonomy

253

(1)

Avoid Fostering Dependency

253

(1)

Reassess Clients' Resistance

254

(1)

Maintain Professional Distance

254

(1)

Set Reasonable Expectations

255

(1)

A Micro and Macro Focus: An Ecological Intervention

255

(1)

Defining Problems

256

(3)

Circular Patterns

259

(3)

Stimulating Interaction

260

(1)

Lineal Circular, Strategic, and Reflexive Questions

261

(1)

Intervention in Circular Maladaptive Patterns

262

(1)

Detriangulation

263

(1)

Working with Involuntary Clients

264

(3)

Goal Setting

267

(1)

Contracting

268

(1)

Case 9.7: Working with Other Helpers

269

(1)

Chapter Summary

269

(1)

Exercises

270

(2)

CHAPTER TEN The Intervention Phase

272

(29)

Intervention Phases

272

(2)

Roles and Objectives of the Family Social Worker

274

(2)

Intervention Techniques

276

(8)

Observation

276

(3)

Focusing

279

(1)

Use of Examples

279

(1)

Confrontation

279

(3)

Re framing

282

(1)

Enactment

282

(1)

Externalizing the Problem

282

(1)

Use of Metaphor

283

(1)

Contracting

283

(1)

Ecologocial Intervention

284

(1)

Crisis Intervention

284

(1)

How to Teach Problem-Solving Skills

285

(2)

Developing Problem-Solving Skills

286

(1)

Solution-Focused Problem-Solving Questions

287

(1)

How to Teach Communication Skills

287

(2)

Listening and Empathizing

288

(1)

Use of "I" Statements

288

(1)

Working with Enmeshed or Disengaged Families

289

(2)

Establishing Boundaries

289

(1)

Dealing with Dysfunctional Family Alliances

290

(1)

Working with Family Rules

290

(1)

Guidelines for Intervention with Minority Families

291

(7)

Intervention with African American Families

292

(1)

Intervention with Hispanic American Families

293

(1)

Intervention with Asian American Families

294

(1)

Intervention with Native American Families

294

(1)

Different Cultures Working Together

295

(3)

Case 10.1: Multigenerational Patterns

298

(1)

Chapter Summary

298

(1)

Exercises

299

(2)

CHAPTER ELEVEN Interventions at the Child and Parental Levels

301

(28)

A Behavioral Family Approach

301

(14)

Assumptions

302

(1)

Principles and Procedures

303

(2)

Techniques

305

(9)

Evidence Base of Behavioral Family Interventions

314

(1)

Parenting Skills Training

315

(7)

Assumptions

315

(1)

Principles and Procedures

316

(4)

Techniques

320

(1)

Case 11.1: Parent Training

321

(1)

Behavior Problems and Parent–Child Conflict

322

(1)

Assisting Parents in Setting Rules

323

(1)

Avoiding Pitfalls in Behavioral Interventions

323

(1)

Family Psychoeducational Interventions

324

(3)

Assumptions

324

(1)

Principles and Procedures

325

(1)

Techniques

325

(1)

Evidence Base for Family Psychoeducation

325

(1)

Case 11.2: Psychoeducation

326

(1)

Case 11.3: Focusing on Children

326

(1)

Case 11.4: Incorporating Everyone's Perspective

327

(1)

Chapter Summary

327

(1)

Exercises

327

(2)

CHAPTER TWELVE Interventions with Couples and Gender Sensitive Intervention

329

(21)

Couple Work

330

(1)

Gender Sensitive Perspective

331

(1)

Gender Sensitive Intervention

332

(2)

Problem Solving Within a Gender Sensitive Intervention Perspective

334

(1)

Historical Context

334

(1)

A Feminist Critique of Family Systems Theory

335

(2)

Power Imbalances in Family Relationships

337

(2)

The Ecological Orientation of Gender Sensitive Practice

339

(1)

Family Values and Family Violence: A Critique

339

(3)

Family Privacy

340

(1)

Family Stability

340

(1)

Conjugal and Parental Rights

341

(1)

Socialization and Gender Roles

342

(1)

Division of Labor in Families

343

(1)

Recommendations for Gender Sensitive Family Social Work

344

(4)

Intervention Steps

346

(1)

Case 12.1: Evaluating Marital Work

347

(1)

Chapter Summary 347 Exercises

348

(2)

CHAPTER THIRTEEN The Termination Phase

350

(18)

Planning for Termination

352

(1)

Possible Reactions to Termination

352

(2)

Premature Termination and Dropouts

354

(1)

Practical Termination Steps

355

(4)

Steps for Termination

359

(4)

Case 13.1: Termination

363

(1)

Timing of Termination

363

(1)

How and When to Refer Clients to Other Professionals

364

(1)

Evaluating Results of Family Social Work

365

(2)

Case 13.2: Termination

366

(1)

Chapter Summary

367

(1)

Exercises

367

(1)

REFERENCES

368

(17)

NAME INDEX

385

(3)

SUBJECT INDEX

388

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