Origins and Social Context
Major Concepts
The Nature of Problems and change
Assessment & Intervention
Criticisms of the Theory/Social Justice
100
This individual developed the Structural Family Theory.
Who is Salvador Minuchin
100
_______ ________ refers to the separation of the family unit from outside systems such as other families and community groups.
What is external boundaries
100
According to the Structural Family Theory, the relationship between people and their environmental systems during life transition is known as what?
What is the Family Life Cycle.
100
According to studies conducted on structural family intervention, the effectiveness of this type of therapy is dependent on what?
What is the practitioner's use of theoretically appropriate intervention strategies
100
Name one criticism of the Structural Family Theory
What is de-emphasizing the family's emotional life
200
Salvdor Minuchin is from what country , studied what discipline but worked as what?
What is Argentina, Child Psychiatry and a pediatric physician
200
________ are behaviors and responsibilities to which each family member is expected to adhere to.
What are rules?
200
This is called the currency of family interaction.
What is communication?
200
This terminology refers to the social worker providing compliments about aspects of family functioning that are going well. This includes affirming the dignity of the family with empathetic responses and nonjudgmental comments about its behaviors
What is Supporting System Strengths
200
Structural practitioners must be careful not to begin sessions with ___________ ___________
What is specific assumptions
300
Identify six related programs that Minuchin outlined in his Structural Theory.
What is Economic Opportunity Act, Job Corps, VISTA, Upward Bound, Neighborhood Youth Corps and Head Start.
300
What does LGBT stand for?
What is Lesbian Gay Bi-sexual Transgender
300
This terminology refers to situations in which the "wrong" members have the most power in the family system.
What is power imbalances.
300
This helps family members develop a new perspective about themselves that is more constructive.
What is Relabeling or normalizing a problem
300
As opposed to Family Emotional Systems Theory, Structural Family Theory focuses on the "_________ __________ of a family system and de-emphasizes the family's emotional life.
What is external architecture?
400
Minuchin's work was influenced by Talcott Parsons' Structural Functionalism systems perspective in the field of sociology, and also by which social worker, whose own family intervention methods were evolving during the 1960's.
Who is Virginia Satir.
400
This refers to a situation when two family members turn their attention to a third member for relief or support when in conflict with each other.
What are triangles?
400
These members depend too much on each other for support and assistance, instead of developing their own life skills.
What are enmeshed members.
400
Prior to problem exploration it is often useful for the social worker to conduct a structured warm-up exercise to promote the family's comfort. Name a traditional exercise that might be used.
What is an icebreaker
400
Structural family theory is significant in light of social justice for what population of people?
What are vulnerable and oppressed people.
500
Although the structural theory was developed in response to a perceived need among practitioners to help families experiencing multiple problems, including non-traditional, inner-city families dealing with poverty; the theory is flexible and it's interventions seem particularly suitable for families dealing with what issues?
What are families experiencing physical or mental illness, acting-out members, drug addiction, crime, single parenthood and violence.
500
This refers to the invisible and often unspoken rules that organize how family members interact.
What is the focus of the family structure.
500
________ __________ do not interact with other members or with the family system in general.
Who are disengaged members
500
Several instruments have been designed to assess and measure change in structural family therapy. This instrument includes six sub-scales, four of which (problem solving, communication, roles and behavior control) are consistent with the focus of structural intervention.
What is What is the Family Assessment Device (FAD)
500
The principles of Structural Family Theory allow social workers to focus on which social concerns?
What is poverty, unemployment, discrimination and other forms of social injustice.
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