Working With Families

by Kilpatrick, Allie C.; Holland, Thomas P.

• ISBN13: 9780205360086
• ISBN10: 0205360084
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

The fourth edition of Working with Families presents an innovative model for choosing specific intervention methods that meet the discriminate level of need of a particular family. Thomas P. Holland has been added as a second author to help update and maintain the most current text possible.

Table of Contents

Foreword	xi
Preface	xiii
Authors	xvii
Contributors	xviii
Outline of Approaches	xx
PART ONE Theory Base and Contextual Practice: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need	1	(68)
Levels of Family Need	1	(13)
Allie C. Kilpatrick
Level I	2	(2)
Level II	4	(3)
Level III	7	(1)
Level IV	8	(1)
Intervention Criteria	9	(2)
Summary	11	(1)
Discussion Questions	12	(1)
Suggested Readings	12	(1)
References	13	(1)
An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice	14	(19)
Thomas P. Holland
Allie C. Kilpatrick
Ecological Systems Perspective	14	(4)
Applications to Family Practice	18	(3)
Caveats in Using the Ecosystems Metatheory	21	(1)
Social Constructionist Perspective	22	(2)
Applications to Family Practice	24	(1)
Caveats in Using the Social Constructionist Metatheory	25	(1)
Comparing and Integrating the Metatheories	26	(3)
Summary	29	(1)
Discussion Questions	29	(1)
Suggested Readings	30	(1)
References	30	(3)
Contexts of Helping: Commonalities and Human Diversities	33	(16)
June G. Hopps
Allie C. Kilpatrick
The Helping Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance	34	(2)
Client Diversity	36	(9)
Summary	45	(1)
Discussion Questions	46	(1)
Suggested Readings	46	(1)
References	47	(2)
Ethically Informed and Spiritually Sensitive Practice	49	(20)
Allie C. Kilpatrick
Dorothy S. Becvar
Thomas P. Holland
Ethically Informed Practice	49	(9)
Spiritually Sensitive Practice	58	(7)
Summary	65	(1)
Discussion Questions	66	(1)
Suggested Readings	66	(1)
References	67	(2)
PART TWO First Level of Family Need: Basic Survival	69	(35)
Interventions to Meet Basic Needs in High-Risk Families with Children	69	(16)
R. Kevin Grigsby
Typical Needs of Level I Families	70	(1)
Assessing the Level I Family: The Case of Ms. W	70	(3)
Treatment Goals	73	(1)
Treatment Approach	74	(5)
Evaluation of Effectiveness	79	(1)
Application to Families on Levels II, III, and IV	80	(1)
Summary	81	(1)
Discussion Questions	81	(1)
Suggested Readings	82	(1)
References	83	(2)
A Family Case Management Approach for Level I Needs	85	(19)
Roberta R. Greene
Nancy P. Kropf
Family Needs	85	(1)
Family Case Assessment	86	(2)
Treatment Goals	88	(1)
Treatment Approach: A Generalist Model of Case Management	89	(8)
Evaluation	97	(2)
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	99	(1)
Summary	99	(1)
Discussion Questions	100	(1)
Suggested Readings	100	(1)
References	101	(3)
PART THREE Second Level of Family Need: Structure, Limits, and Safety	104	(70)
Structural Family Interventions	104	(12)
Harry J. Aponte
Levels of Family Need	104	(1)
Assessment	105	(2)
Goals	107	(1)
Intervention Approach	108	(3)
Evaluation	111	(1)
Application to Families on Levels I, III, and IV	112	(1)
Summary	112	(1)
Discussion Questions	113	(1)
Suggested Readings	113	(1)
Suggested Videotapes	114	(1)
References	114	(2)
Social Learning Family Interventions	116	(15)
Arthur M. Horne
Thomas V. Sayger
Family Needs	116	(3)
Assessment and Treatment Goals	119	(2)
Social Learning Family Interventions	121	(6)
Evaluation of Effectiveness	127	(1)
Application to Families on Levels I, III, and IV	128	(1)
Summary	128	(1)
Discussion Questions	129	(1)
Suggested Readings	129	(1)
References	130	(1)
PART FOUR Third Level of Family Need: Boundaries and Control
Solution-Focused Family Interventions	131	(20)
Jeffrey J. Knob
Assumptions	131	(1)
Typical Needs of Level III Families	132	(1)
Assessment	133	(1)
Theory Base and Basic Tenets	134	(2)
Treatment Goals	136	(2)
Application	138	(4)
Application to Spirituality	142	(1)
Interventions	143	(3)
Evaluation	146	(2)
Application to Families on Levels I, II, and IV	148	(1)
Summary	148	(1)
Discussion Questions	148	(1)
Suggested Readings	148	(1)
References	149	(2)
Family Systems Interventions	151	(23)
Joseph Walsh
Needs Presented by Level III Families	152	(1)
Assessment	152	(6)
Goals of the Intervention	158	(1)
Intervention Approaches	158	(3)
Applications	161	(6)
Evaluation of Effectiveness	167	(2)
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	169	(1)
Summary	169	(1)
Discussion Questions	170	(1)
Suggested Readings	171	(1)
References	171	(3)
PART FIVE Fourth Level of Family Need: Family and Personal Growth	174	(44)
Narrative Family Interventions	174	(22)
Nancy R. Williams
P. David Kurtz
Theory of Problems/Needs	176	(1)
Assessment and Goals	177	(1)
Treatment Goals	178	(1)
Intervention Approach	178	(11)
Evaluation of Effectiveness	189	(1)
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	190	(1)
Postscript	190	(1)
Summary	191	(1)
Discussion Questions	191	(1)
Suggested Readings	192	(1)
References	193	(3)
Object Relations Family Interventions	196	(22)
Allie C. Kilpatrick
Elizabeth O. Trawick
Family Needs	197	(3)
Family Case Assessment	200	(4)
Treatment Goals	204	(1)
Intervention Approach: Theory Base and Major Tenets	204	(4)
Application to Families on Level IV	208	(1)
Interventions and Techniques	209	(2)
Evaluation of Effectiveness	211	(2)
Application to Families Functioning at Other Levels	213	(1)
Summary	214	(1)
Discussion Questions	214	(1)
Suggested Readings	215	(1)
References	215	(3)
PART SIX The Family in the Community: Ecosystem Implications	218	(12)
The Family in the Community	218	(12)
John B. Turner
Ray H. MacNair
The Case of Mrs. Y	219	(1)
Dual Focus	219	(1)
Definition of Community	220	(1)
Family Practitioner and Agency Helping Function in Community	221	(3)
A Model of a Community Human Services Networking System	224	(2)
Summary	226	(1)
Discussion Questions	227	(1)
Suggested Readings	227	(2)
References	229	(1)
Appendix A The NASW Code of Ethics	230	(18)
Appendix B Ethics Cases and Commentaries	248	(6)
Glossary	254	(5)
Name Index	259	(4)
Subject Index	263