You can probably imagine how often parents bring a child into counseling and expect the social work professional to fix their child. How can you respond when parent(s) are resistant to your suggestion that the family plays an important role in resolving child behavioral and emotional issues?
In this Discussion, you think about how you would engage parents in a family approach, especially with parents who are resistant to your efforts.
1. A description of how you would explain the importance of involving the family in a childs treatment.
2. Identify at least two strategies for how you, as a social worker, can effectively involve resistant parents in services for their children.
3. Explain why you chose the strategies.
rEFERENCES:
1. Webb, N. B. (2019). Social work practice with children (4th ed.). New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
2. Chapter 6, “Helping the Family With Their Child”
Thompson, S. J., Bender, K., Cardoso, J. B., & Flynn, P. M. (2011). Experiential activities in family therapy: Perceptions of caregivers and youth. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 20(5), 560568. doi:10.1007/s10826-010-9428-x
3. Willis, A. B., Walters, L. H., & Crane, D. R. (2014). Assessing play-based activities, child talk, and single session outcome in family therapy with young children. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 40(3), 287301. doi: 10.1111/jmft.12048
GRADING RUBIC:
1. Discussion posting fully addresses all instruction prompts, including responding to the required number of peer posts.
2. Discussion posting demonstrates an excellent understanding of all of the concepts and key points presented in the text(s) and Learning Resources. Posting provides significant detail including multiple relevant examples, evidence from the readings and other scholarly sources, and discerning ideas.
3. Postings are well organized, use scholarly tone, contain original writing and proper paraphrasing, follow APA style, contain very few or no writing and/or spelling errors
