True or False: After the first interview the practitioner may decide not to invite all the family members to the following sessions
True
100
Name 3 factors that may put a family at risk for dropping out of services
difficult children, SES disadvantage, high stress MH issues, demand of coming to treatment
100
True or false: Family self-report tools have to be scientifically developed before a practitioner may use them
False
100
What was the name of the chapter?
Core Tasks of Family Assessment
100
What do symbols in genograms represent?
Family history and information about relationships including closeness, distance, conflict patterns in family relationships
200
Who should be invited to the first interview?
All family members living in the home
200
Name one way to improve retention in services
Engagement of member’s interests, assessing risk and protective factors, creating collaboration and understanding of services
200
Finish this statement: Assessment is _________
Ongoing
200
How long should the first interview take?
There is no time limit
200
What is the purpose for implementing assessment tools into your work with families?
Tools assist with collecting more information about internal and external influences in a family's life, organizing that information and as a means of continued assessment
300
What is family assessment?
Family assessment is a process of collecting data about a family’s functioning
300
Name one way to improve engagement with a family that you are having trouble connecting with
Questions about family life, memories, legacies, parenting style, adolescents- discuss their world, parents hopes for children
300
You ask a couple you are working with to each record the number of disagreements they have each week. What type of self-report tool are you using?
Pragmatic self-report
300
Why is receiving feedback from the family important?
Gives the practitioner a better understanding of the client's progress or difficulties. Also to make sure the clients needs are being met.
300
Where is the ideal place to interview a family and why?
In the family’s home - to see how family functions in their home environment - dynamics you may not see in the office
400
Why is seeing the whole family together important?
Why is seeing the whole family together important?
400
What are some practical ideas you can offer the family to improve their risk for drop out?
Have sessions at home, bring pizza, link to transportation, consider everyone’s schedule when deciding times to meet, etc.
400
The Family Systems Stressor-Strength Inventory is an example of what type of self-report tool?
Standardized
400
What is the goal of the first interview?
To observe the family’s here and now behavior
400
What is the purpose of an ecomap?
Examine where supportive relationships exist and where deficiencies/needs exist - determine the resources and interventions necessary
500
When working with a family the degree of change sought depends on what two factors?
The family’s needs and goals
500
True or False: Matching a family to a provider of the same culture/ethnicity is one way to enhance the family's experience and improve potential for successful treatment
True
500
What is one reason you would reassess a family with which you are using a standardized self-report tool
Change in circumstance, attitude, skills, behavior
500
What do you do when a client questions your status?
When appropriate give your client your supervisor's name and your qualifications as well as your supervisors. Let the clients know they are allowed to contact your supervisor.
500
What is documented in Social Network Maps?
An individual's connections/relationships, informal supports and measures of the frequency/reliability of each of these connections.