Family Developmental Theory Historical Development • Family developmental theory is an approach to studying families‚ which is useful in explaining patterned change‚ the dynamic nature of the family‚ and how change occurs in the family life cycle. • The roots of family developmental theory date back to the 1930s from works of sociologists‚ economists‚ and demographers who established family categories (which were the precursors to the stages of development • From the mid 1940s
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Attachment theory was first proposed by John Bowlby but was further expanded on and confirmed by Mary D. Salter Ainsworth (Andrews‚ 2010). British psychiatrist‚ John Bowlby‚ theorized that infants saw their parents as their safe and secure cornerstone; that these individuals in their life would always be there to protect them. Bowlby’s theory stated that there are several actions an infant performs that increase their likelihood of survival. The action of an infant smiling‚ crying and adhering
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Working with Families in Substance Abuse Treatment The Case of 16 year old Dylan September 11‚ 2013 In Dylan’s case he is a sixteen year old adolescent that have been in and out of drug programs and even had to experience being placed in outpatient treatment within the last several years that was unsuccessful. He experience using marijuana at an early age and now is currently using any type of drug including crack cocaine. Dylan is on patrol for selling drugs‚ possession
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Systems Theory Paper Groups of people working together can either be a positive or a negative experience; the deciding factor is the way people in the group are able to collaborate. There are many different ways people work together and many different personalities that either conflict or mesh. People that are extremely different and have strong opinions that are conflicting with other persons of the group will most likely not function to produce positive results. Through reading “In Mixed Company”
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Family Systems Interventions Intervention skills: Facilitating family change Change skills 1. Break maladaptive interaction patterns 2. Clarity problematic consequences 3. Alter affective blocks 4. Initiate cognitive restructuring 5. Implement new adaptive patterns 6. Mobilize external resources as required Break Maladaptive Patterns • Intervene to control maladaptive patterns by restructuring family interaction verbally or physically • When appropriate‚ facilitate the adaptive expression
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to represent an event or item in their narrative. The children were creative with their selections‚ they created their own lighthouse using white blocks and put a yellow bucket on top to represent the light. Similar to Piaget’s (1896) theory is Hutt’s (1934) theory of ludic play. This was evident as children used past experiences in their role play such as; making lunch and visiting the beach. This developed children’s learning as they were able to share and discuss their past experiences (Andrews
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Sociological Theories and Family Sociological Theories and Family Sociological theories are important in understanding how the society operates. In addition‚ the theories help one understand how people in society relate with each other. The theories have helped understand various social issues in the society and made it easy to develop solutions to the problems. There are different theories that are used to explain how the society operates and how people interact with each other. Examples of
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Individuals‚ subsystems‚ and whole families are demarcated by interpersonal boundaries‚ invisible barriers that regulate contact with others. Subsystems that aren’t adequately protected by boundaries limit the development of interpersonal skills achievable in these subsystems (Nichols & Schwartz‚ 2004). Consequently‚ the family should be considered as a system whose function depends on the members of this structure. Minuchin’s Family structural theory was created with subsystems that changed all
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tightly‚ observing every competitor’s move in order to keep abreast or ahead of the others. Business strategy sells the idea of improvement‚ innovation and leadership. Top Management is waiting to see if the strategy is good as advertise. Lonergan’s theory of human knowing particularly understanding is very important for every Firm research strategy‚ because it evaluates company’s progressive and also studying your competitors. A classic example of this is the Harley-Davidson motorcycle business losing
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Ecological Economics 102 (2014) 1–7 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Ecological Economics journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ecolecon Analysis Lessons from resource management by indigenous Maori in New Zealand: Governing the ecosystems as a commons Viktoria Kahui ⁎‚ Amanda C. Richards University of Otago‚ Economics‚ PO Box 56‚ Dunedin‚ New Zealand a r t i c l e i n f o Article history: Received 30 September 2013 Received in revised form 9 February 2014
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