Working with Families : An Integrative Model by Level of Need

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

• ISBN13: 9780205273072
• ISBN10: 0205273076
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• 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	p. xiii
Preface	p. xv
Authors	p. xxi
Contributors	p. xxiii
Outline of Approaches	p. xxvi
Theory Base and Contextual Practice: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need	p. 1
Levels of Family Need	p. 2
Level I	p. 3
Level II	p. 5
Level III	p. 8
Level IV	p. 9
Intervention Criteria	p. 10
Summary	p. 12
Discussion Questions	p. 13
Internet Resources	p. 13
Suggested Readings	p. 13
References	p. 14
An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice	p. 15
Ecological Systems Perspective	p. 15
Applications to Family Practice	p. 19
Caveats in Using the Ecosystems Metatheory	p. 22
Social Constructionist Perspective	p. 23
Applications to Family Practice	p. 25
Caveats in Using the Social Constructionist Metatheory	p. 26
Comparing and Integrating the Metatheories	p. 27
Summary	p. 30
Discussion Questions	p. 30
Internet Resources	p. 31
Suggested Readings	p. 31
References	p. 32
Contexts of Helping: Commonalities and Human Diversities	p. 35
The Helping Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance	p. 36
Client Diversity	p. 38
Summary	p. 48
Discussion Questions	p. 49
Internet Resources	p. 49
Suggested Readings	p. 49
References	p. 50
Ethically Informed and Spiritually Sensitive Practice	p. 52
Ethically Informed Practice	p. 52
Spiritually Sensitive Practice	p. 62
Ethical Challenges	p. 69
Summary	p. 70
Discussion Questions	p. 70
Internet Resources	p. 71
Suggested Readings	p. 71
References	p. 72
First Level of Family Need: Basic Survival	p. 75
Interventions with Level I, Neglectful Families: A New Model of Family Preservation	p. 76
Needs of Neglectful Families	p. 78
Assessment	p. 78
Goals: Defining Family Preservation	p. 80
Basic Tenets	p. 80
Intervention Approach: Preserving Neglectful Level I Families	p. 83
Evaluation of Effectiveness	p. 87
Application to Families on Levels II, III, and IV	p. 88
Ethical Challenges	p. 89
Summary	p. 89
Discussion Questions	p. 89
Internet Resources	p. 90
Suggested Readings	p. 90
References	p. 90
A Family Case Management Approach for Level I Needs	p. 94
Family Needs	p. 94
Family Case Assessment	p. 95
Treatment Goals	p. 97
Treatment Approach: A Generalist Model of Case Management	p. 98
Evaluation	p. 107
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	p. 108
Ethical Challenges	p. 108
Summary	p. 109
Discussion Questions	p. 109
Internet Resources	p. 110
Suggested Readings	p. 110
References	p. 111
Second Level of Family Need: Structure, Limits, and Safety	p. 115
Structural Family Interventions	p. 116
Levels of Family Need	p. 116
Assessment	p. 117
Goals	p. 119
Intervention Approach	p. 119
Evaluation	p. 122
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	p. 123
Ethical Challenges	p. 123
Summary	p. 124
Discussion Questions	p. 125
Suggested Videotapes	p. 125
Suggested Readings	p. 126
References	p. 126
Social Learning Family Interventions	p. 128
Family Needs	p. 128
Assessment and Treatment Goals	p. 131
Social Learning Family Interventions	p. 133
Evaluation of Effectiveness	p. 139
Application to Families on Levels I, III, and IV	p. 139
Ethical Challenges	p. 140
Summary	p. 140
Discussion Questions	p. 141
Internet Resources	p. 142
Suggested Readings	p. 142
References	p. 142
Third Level of Family Need: Boundaries and Control	p. 145
Solution-Focused Family Interventions	p. 146
Assumptions	p. 146
Typical Needs of Level III Families	p. 147
Assessment	p. 148
Theory Base and Basic Tenets	p. 149
Treatment Goals	p. 151
Application	p. 153
Application to Spirituality	p. 156
Interventions	p. 157
Evaluation	p. 161
Application to Families on Levels I, II, and IV	p. 163
Ethical Challenges	p. 163
Summary	p. 164
Discussion Questions	p. 164
Internet Resources	p. 164
Suggested Readings	p. 165
References	p. 165
Family Systems Theory	p. 167
Needs Presented by Level III Families	p. 168
Assessment	p. 168
Goals of the Intervention	p. 174
Intervention Approaches	p. 174
Applications	p. 177
Evaluation of Effectiveness	p. 184
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	p. 186
Ethical Challenges	p. 186
Summary	p. 187
Discussion Questions	p. 188
Internet Resources	p. 189
Suggested Readings	p. 189
References	p. 190
Fourth Level of Family Need: Family and Personal Growth	p. 193
Narrative Family Interventions	p. 194
Needs	p. 194
Goals	p. 195
Theoretical Foundations and Basic Tenets	p. 197
Assessment	p. 200
Intervention Approaches	p. 202
Evaluation	p. 210
Application to Families at Other Levels of Need	p. 211
Ethical Challenges	p. 212
Summary	p. 212
Discussion Questions	p. 213
Internet Resources	p. 213
Suggested Readings	p. 213
References	p. 215
Object Relations Family Interventions	p. 220
Family Needs	p. 221
Family Case Assessment	p. 224
Treatment Goals	p. 228
Intervention Approach: Theory Base and Tenets	p. 229
Application to Families on Level IV	p. 233
Interventions and Techniques	p. 234
Evaluation of Effectiveness	p. 237
Application to Families Functioning at Other Levels	p. 237
Ethical Challenges	p. 238
Summary	p. 239
Discussion Questions	p. 239
Internet Resources	p. 240
Suggested Readings	p. 240
References	p. 240
The Family in the Community: Ecosystem Implications	p. 243
The Family in the Community	p. 244
The Case of Mrs. Y.	p. 245
Dual Focus	p. 245
Definition of Community	p. 246
Family Practitioner and Agency Helping Function in Community	p. 247
Two Models That Address Family Needs on a Community Level	p. 248
Summary	p. 252
Discussion Questions	p. 252
Internet Resources	p. 253
Suggested Readings	p. 253
References	p. 254
Ethics Cases and Commentaries	p. 255
Glossary	p. 261
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