Case management services were provided through an FTM (family team meeting) at the youth’s home. Present at the meeting were WYP (Wraparound Youth Partner) Andy Ngo, WPP (Wraparound Parent Partner) Fara Farhand, SSW (Social Service Worker) Gary James, the youth, and the youth’s mother. Service minutes are high due to assisting SSW James in locating the meeting place. WYP Ngo introduced himself to SWW James. WYP Ngo checked in with the youth. The youth is doing well. The youth picked up his siblings from school. The youth is helpful and supportive of his mother. The mother is looking for work and will be going in labor soon. The mother is on the wait list for housing. WYP Ngo socialized with the youth’s siblings. The siblings are doing well…
It is also important to note that the boys’ behaviors reportedly increase directly following Christopher’s scheduled visits with his bio-family. The half-sisters have SKYPE visitation rights, but they often do not show up for scheduled visitation. Christopher’s mother has weekly visitations at the DSHS office. At the time of writing this paper, the case worker had begun the parental rights termination process. The case worker also informed the family that the process is long and often traumatic for the children involved.…
The Brice family consisted of a family unit of five. The father Davie a lawyer, the mother Caroline, their teenage daughter Claudia, the younger daughter Laura and younger son Don. The family was referred by a psychiatrist who had been seeing Claudia, but felt the whole family needed to be in therapy. The first session was a challenge, the family agreed to go in all together only for the initial session and they were not very comfortable to begin with. The mother Caroline felt the problem that should be address was the issues their teen daughter was having and she did not believe the entire family should be there. Both the mother and daughter came in angry to the therapy session and there was a lot of tension in the room. The father was respectful and stated he was happy to be there, but his body language told the therapist he has not comfortable being there. The youngest daughter Laura seemed to be in a cheerful mood with high energy. The youngest son Don did not show up for the first session. During the session there was an argument that broke out between mother and daughter, Carolyn seems to think they are in therapy to resolve the daughter’s issues that is affecting the entire family, but she does not feel the family as a unit has a problem. Both therapists agreed that it would not be ideal to start the family session without the youngest son Don who did not show up. David and Carolyn did not seem happy…
Counselor facilitated family session to address client hostile and defiant behaviors toward adults and siblings. Counselor greeted client and encouraged a family session between the client, client’s mother, and client’s step dad. Counselor listened to the client’s mother explain the events that occurred since the last session. Counselor observed client’s body language during family session. Counselor informed client on deviant behavior and how to replace it with respectful ways during school and at home. Counselor explained to client that defiant behavior would prevent client from being rewarded by client’s mother and step dad. Counselor provided client’s mother and step dad ways to help improve client defiant behavior. Counselor reassured…
U.S. Department of Justice, Offices of Justice Programs; National Institute of Justice and American Bar Association, Research Report, Legal Interventions in Family Violence: Research Findings and Policy Implications, 1998, https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/171666.pdf…
Nichols, M. P. (2012). Family therapy: Concepts and methods. (10th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ.: Pearson Education Inc.…
Barnett, E. R., Pittman, C. R., Ragan, C., & Salus, M. K. (1980). Family violence: Intervention…
Family liaison is the contact between the police and victim or family of victims of serious crimes and unnatural deaths. Since 2009, the researcher worked with families affected by numerous gang-related murders and serious…
It is my belief that intervening effectively in the lives of these children and their families is not the sole responsibility of a single agency or professional group, but rather it’s a shared community concern. To protect children from harm, Child Protective Services rely on community members to report child maltreatment, neglect, sexual abuse, and physical abuse. Domestic violence is a devastating social…
In this paper the theories of multigenerational family therapy and structural family therapy are applied to the Melendez family. Beginning with the biography of the Hispanic family, assessment of the strengths and vulnerabilities of the family, stage of the family life cycle, cultural elements that impact the family and explanation of the types and qualities of relationships depicted in the Melendez genogram and ecomap the foundation for therapeutic goals and interventions are set. Goals and interventions based on the multigenerational family therapy theory are theoretically applied with the goal of the family to recognize emotional patterns to decrease anxiety. The Structural Theory application will focus on the presenting problem and the nature of the family. The Hispanic family assessment will conclude with a personal and professional critical reflection of Latino multicultural practice application.…
Carl Whitaker’s approach to the Brice’s family was very interesting especially the co-therapist approach. It’s kind of like two heads are better than one. The two therapists would not start the session unless all members of the system were present. At first, I thought the two therapist approach might appear to the client as a type of ganging up. However, reading on, I was able to see that having the two therapists where one would get close and personal to the issue at hand, while the other would stay professional and evaluate the issue from an outsider point of view, was an excellent way of approaching the whole system, and not singling out one member. The one technique that I did not agree with was the scapegoating. I cannot imagine how a child or even an adult might feel if they are put in the spotlight, meaning the one member that caused all the problems (Napier, & Whitaker, 1978). I think that Whitaker’s approach is an excellent way of involving the family in the therapeutic process while teaching them the necessary skills to solve…
It is imperative that I take sibling relationships into account when counseling children. Disruptions in the lives of siblings can cause disruptions in the life of my client, and it is important to investigate all aspects of a client’s family in order to best help them. In my initial intake with students, it may be beneficial to gather information about the structure of the child’s family so that I can be better informed and prepared. As I found in my research, having siblings can influence everything from motor skills to social skills, and it is an aspect of children’s lives that should not be…
Families rely on the court justice system to provide security and protection from any criminals or offenders that may terrorize or threaten them. Without the help of the system, the protection and security of their children are in danger of being exposed to violence and abuse. With that being said, the family justice system’s current involvement in child abuse cases is ineffective when ensuring the safety and well-being of a child. It is crucial, as a society, to take further action to prevent anymore harm.…
Society and government seek both to protect children from abuse and to defend the rights of the family. Weighing those two goals and determining which is more important in a particular situation poses a serious challenge. Child welfare experts constantly struggle to balance the risk of causing psychological damage to children by removing them from their families with the risk of exposing them to physical harm by leaving them with abusive parents or guardians. This decision is especially difficult when the evidence of abuse is unclear.…
* A.L. Vangelisti, (2004), Handbook of Family Communication, Mahwah New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc.…