Working with Families

Foreword???

Preface??

Authors???

Contributors????

Outline of Approaches??

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Part One?Theory Base and Contextual Practice: Metatheories for Working with Families at Four Levels of Need???




1 Levels of Family Need????

Allie C. Kilpatrick



Level I????

Level II???

Level III???

Level IV???

Intervention Criteria????

Summary???

Discussion Questions???

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings???

References??

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2 An Ecological Systems-Social Constructionism Approach to Family Practice????

Thomas P. Holland and Allie C. Kilpatrick



Ecological Systems Perspective???

Applications to Family Practice???

Caveats in Using the Ecosystems Metatheory????

Social Constructionist Perspective????

Applications to Family Practice????

Caveats in Using the Social Constructionist Metatheory???

Comparing and Integrating the Metatheories???

Summary???

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings????

References???



3 Contexts of Helping: Commonalities and Human Diversities???

Allie C. Kilpatrick and June G. Hopps with Kareema J. Gray



The Helping Relationship/Therapeutic Alliance????

Client Diversity???

Summary????

Discussion Questions???

Internet Resources???

Suggested Readings????

References????



4 Ethically Informed and Spiritually Sensitive Practice??

Allie C. Kilpatrick, Thomas P. Holland and Dorothy S. Becvar



Ethically Informed Practice???

Spiritually Sensitive Practice???

Ethical Challenges???

Summary????

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources???

Suggested Readings???

References?

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Part Two?First Level of Family Need: Basic Survival????




5 Interventions with Level I ,Neglectful Families.


James M. Gaudin



Needs of Neglectful Families????

Assessment????

Goals: Defining Family Preservation??

Basic Tenets???

Intervention Approach: Preserving Neglectful Level I Families??

Evaluation of Effectiveness??

Application to Families on Levels II, III, and IV???

Ethical Challenges???

Summary???

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources???

Suggested Readings????

References??




6 A Family Case Management Approach for Level I Needs????

Roberta R. Greene and Nancy P. Kropf



Family Needs??

Family Case Assessment???

Treatment Goals???

Treatment Approach: A Generalist Model of Case Management???

Evaluation???

Application to Families at Other Levels of Need???

Ethical Challenges?

Summary????

Discussion Questions???

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings????

References?

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Part Three?Second Level of Family Need: Structure, Limits, and Safety???




7 Structural Family Interventions???

Harry J. Aponte



Levels of Family Need????

Assessment???

Goals???

Intervention Approach????

Evaluation???

Application to Families at Other Levels of Need????

Ethical Challenges???

Summary???

Discussion Questions????

Suggested Videotapes????

Suggested Readings???

References??



8 Social Learning Family Interventions????128

Arthur M. Horne and Thomas V. Sayger

Family Needs????128

Assessment and Treatment Goals????131

Social Learning Family Interventions????133

Evaluation of Effectiveness????139

Application to Families on Levels I, III, and IV????139

Ethical Challenges????140

Summary????140

Discussion Questions????141

Internet Resources????142

Suggested Readings????142

References????142






Part Four?Third Level of Family Need: Boundaries and Control???




9 Solution-Focused Family Interventions????



Jeffrey J. Koob



Assumptions???

Typical Needs of Level III Families????

Assessment????

Theory Base and Basic Tenets????

Treatment Goals????

Application????

Application to Spirituality????

Interventions????

Evaluation????

Application to Families on Levels I, II, and IV??

Ethical Challenges????

Summary????

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings???

References??

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10 Family Systems Theory????

Joseph Walsh



Needs Presented by Level III Families???

Assessment???

Goals of the Intervention????

Intervention Approaches???

Applications????

Evaluation of Effectiveness???

Application to Families at Other Levels of Need??

Ethical Challenges???

Summary????

Discussion Questions?

Internet Resources???

Suggested Readings???

References???






Part Five??Fourth Level of Family Need: Family and Personal Growth???

11 Narrative Family Interventions????

Nancy R. Williams



Needs????

Goals????

Theoretical Foundations and Basic Tenets???

Assessment???

Intervention Approaches???

Evaluation???

Application to Families at Other Levels of Need???

Ethical Challenges????

Summary??

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings??

References????



12 Object Relations Family Interventions????

Allie C. Kilpatrick and Elizabeth O. Trawick



Family Needs???

Family Case Assessment????

Treatment Goals????

Intervention Approach: Theory Base and Tenets????

Application to Families on Level IV???

Interventions and Techniques???

Evaluation of Effectiveness???

Application to Families Functioning at Other Levels????

Ethical Challenges????

Summary???

Discussion Questions????

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings????

References??

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Part Six??The Family in the Community: Ecosystem Implications????




13 The Family in the Community????

Elizabeth Vonk



The Case of Mrs. Y.????

Dual Focus????

Definition of Community????

Family Practitioner and Agency Helping Function in Community???

Two Models That Address Family Needs on a Community Level????

Summary???

Discussion Questions??

Internet Resources????

Suggested Readings?
References??



Appendix: Ethics Cases and Commentaries??

Glossary????

Name Index????

Subject Index????