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Social work working with families
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Social Work
Undergraduate 4
10/07/2015

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Ecological Systems Perspective
Definition
  • reciprocal exchanges (back and forth)
  • life stress (positive or negative)
  • coping (can be healthy or unhealthy)
  • habitat (physical settings where one lives)
  • niche (where you fit in)
  • relatedness (support networks)
  • adaptations (changing environments and changing yourself)
  • transactional
  • circular causality 

people affect the environment and the environment affects the people

Term
Social Constructionism Perspective
Definition
  • how people develop meaning
  • it is not objective external or given
  • links past, present and future with movement toward or away from goals
  • outsiders can reflct themes for consideration
  • you construct your own reality

E.g. a child failed 3 classes but passed one what was it about that class that they passed?

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Family systems view
Definition

Systems theory-the interfunctioning of parts that make up whole systems

Key assumptions

  • Wholeness
  • feedback
  • equifinality ( same result from diff starting points)
  • circular causality (interrelatedness)
  • one change impacts the whole
Term
7 principles in the helping relationship
Definition

To be treated fairly

To express feelings (purposeful expression of feeling

To receive empathetic responses to problems (controlled emotional enviornment)

To be recognized as beings of worth (experience)

To not be judged (non judgmental attitude)

To make choices and decisions (self-determination)

To keep secrets about self and family (confidentialtiy)

Term
Divergences for ecosystems
Definition

Grounded knowledge base: moderate

Focus: equilibrium

Change process: homeostasis

intervention guidelines: as expert

Values: harmony

Term
Divergences of constructionism
Definition

Grounded knowledge base: limited

focus: meaninglessness

Change process: new meanings

Intervention guidelines: as coauthor 

Values: meaningfullness

Term
Required knowledge of diverse systems in family systems theory
Definition
microsystems (indivuidual), mesosystems (relationships),  exosystems (social), macrosystems (national)
Term
Ethnic-sensitive practice model
Definition
core concept of ethnicity, social class and oppression are integrated within a framework of intervention principles. cultural realities lead to unique realities for the members of racial and ethnic groups and understanding of this is crucial when choosing intervention strategies
Term
Gender justice
Definition

A challenge- the examination of assumptions regarding hiearchy, domination and power of one gender over the other

The task- women and men exploring ways to explore fullness and maturity and relate to a common humanity

Term
Level I Family Need
Definition

Survival and well-being 

Basic needs (shelter, food, protection from danger, and health care)

Term
Level II Family Need
Definition

Structure and Organization 

Setting Limits are prominent issues, maintaining authority

Term
Level III Family Need
Definition

Space and Boundaries

Focus on privacy and access in regards to space

Term
Level IV Family Need
Definition

Richness and quality 

Spirituality, personal growth, sense of meaning in life

Term
Maslows Hierarchy of Needs
Definition

4. Self Actualization

3. Esteem

Love Belonging

2. Safety

1. Physiological

Term
Families and the issues related to LGBTQQI
Definition
SW need to be prepared to assist during developmental transitions and address stigma, discrimination, abuse, acts of violence, and internalized self-hatred
Term
Poverty is
Definition
the differentiated distribution of resources
Term
Poverty invovles
Definition

strong coorelation between poverty and single-parent households

12.7 million children live in poor families

children of color are disproportionally represented in poor families

Term
Interventions with level I families
Definition

Should be based on the comprehensive ecological systems assessment

Often required is a combination of: concrete services to meet basic needs, substitute or supplemental parenting services, psychosocial support services

Process can start with a list of expressed needs followed by prioritization

Term
Level I Families Recommended Interventions
Definition
Cognitive Behavioral works on skills development and cognitive restructuring
Term
Level I Family Recommended Interventions
Definition
Advocacy assist clients to develop a working knowledge of available resources and skills for self-advocacy, workers can develop collaborative relationships with community resources, and workers must adovate for family centered policy
Term
Structural family interventions is
Definition
systems based model that places special focus on internal organizatiob of family relationships and how that relates to functioning. initially formulated to meet needs of inner city families with troubled youth- Level II families with underorganization
Term
Structural Family intervenction 7 principles of intervention
Definition
1. focus on concrete issues 2. location in the present. 3. mediation of the clients experience in the session. 4. change via reorganizing the structure of relationships. 5. building on clients strengths 6. aiming at tangible outcomes 7. intervention through the active involvement of worker with the family
Term
Structural family intervention 3 basic structural elements
Definition

boundaries: who is in or out of the family relationship per the focal issue and what are their roles

alignment: who is with or against the other in the transactions resulting in the problem

power: what is the relative influene of participants in the interactions that create the problem

Term
Social learning family interventions is
Definition

based on an underlying knowledge of how individuals and families develop and learn behaviorla patterns

2 primary contributions are teaching families to interact in positive ways and provision of organization and structure

Term
social learning family interventions theoretical base/basic tenets are
Definition

people learn in a social context by watching how other people behave

problem behaviors are logical from a learning perspective 

people behave the way they do because that is how they learned or because they have not learned a more positive alternative

peoples belief processes affect their behavior

Term
social family learning family interventions theoretical basic tenets are
Definition

people attempt to maximize rewards of behavior while minimizing cost

to change how someone behaves a person has to change the way she typically responds to the last behavior

the more consistent the consequence and the more immediately after the behavior the faster the person will learn

repeated trying or testing is needed 

the family is the expert on its life and each family is uniqie

Term
social learning application/intervention strategies (3rd of 5)
Definition

self-management skills training 

self control strategies involve relaxation training, positive reframing, child self-control strategies, and disciplinary strategies (time-out, premack principle, natural and logical consequences, extra chores , and loss of privileges

Term
Social learning application/intervention strategies (1 of 5)
Definition

therapeutic relationship

process of preparing family for success is defining all members as being hurt by the circumstances, normalzing family problems, emphasizing strenghts and motivation, communicating empathy

Term
Solution focused family intervention and the assumptions
Definition

 

the family is the expert, problems and solutions are not connected, make unsolvable problems solvable, change is constant and inevitable, only a small change is needed, and keep it brief

Term
Solution focused interventions
Definition

Coping question: With all the stress in your family from the recent crisis how have you managed to keep the family together

Scaling question: on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the most stresssful you have ever experienced and 1 being a complete absence of stress where is you family right now

exception question: when was the last time all of you did a family activity together

Term
Level I family of need Interventions approaches
Definition
Family case management and support services
Term
Level II family of need Approach
Definition
structural family interventions and social learning
Term
Level III family of need approach
Definition
solution focused and family services
Term
equifinality is
Definition
same result from every different starting point
Term
circular causality is
Definition
interrelatedness- I affect you and you affect me
Term
homeostasis is
Definition
tendency that systems have to return to most comfortable setting
Term
Family case management approach for Level I Needs
Definition

The concept of case management 

Goals: mobilize family strengths, mobilize resources, maximize family functioning

Case management can assist families with adjustment to stress of nonormative situations and adaptations to life transitions and developmental changes

Term
Families systems interventions
Definition
a multigenerational approach with focus on achievement of balance between emotion and reason
Term
Multigenerational perspective
Definition

personalities and interaction patterns have origins in previous generations

Example: problems I had with my mom in the past I also have the same problems with my kids

Term

Differentiation of self

(family systems assessments)

Level III

Definition

two meanings 

Persons capacity to distinguish between a thinking and feeling self

Ability to physically differentiate from family of origin

Term

Triangles

Family systems

Level III

Definition
all relationships unstable and require a third party to maintain stability
Term

Anxiety 

Family systems

Level III

Definition
unpleasant but normal and functional
Term
Social constructionist perspective
Definition
human actions and relationships are viewed in terms of organized efforts to create meaning out of personal experience
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