1. The Smith Family
Background: The Smith family consists of two parents and three children ranging in ages from 10 to 16. Both parents recently lost their jobs due to the pandemic and are experiencing financial stress. The children are acting out and the parents are arguing frequently.
Resiliency Intervention:
Techniques: Encouraging open communication, setting realistic goals, seeking support from community resources, promoting self-care for parents
Recommendation: Family therapy sessions to address communication issues and financial stress, individual therapy for parents to cope with job loss.
2. The Johnson Family
Background: The Johnson family is a blended family with two parents and four children from previous relationships. The children are having difficulty adjusting to the new family dynamic and are displaying behavior problems such as defiance and acting out.
Resiliency Intervention:
Techniques: Creating a predictable routine, setting clear boundaries, implementing positive discipline strategies, fostering bonding activities
Recommendation: Family therapy to address adjustment issues, individual therapy for children to work through emotional challenges.
3. The Garcia Family
Background: The Garcia family consists of a single mother and two teenage children. The mother is struggling with substance abuse and the children are feeling neglected and unsupported.
Resiliency Intervention:
Techniques: Connecting with support groups, setting boundaries around substance use, prioritizing self-care for the mother, creating a supportive environment for the children
Recommendation: Family therapy to address communication issues and substance abuse, individual therapy for the mother to address addiction.
4. The Patel Family
Background: The Patel family is an immigrant family with two parents and three young children. The parents are struggling with cultural differences in parenting styles and are having difficulty navigating the school system.
Resiliency Intervention:
Techniques: Embracing cultural differences, seeking support from cultural community organizations, creating a support network for the parents, advocating for the children in school
Recommendation: Family therapy to address communication and parenting challenges, workshops on navigating the school system for parents.
5. The Thompson Family
Background: The Thompson family is a military family with two parents and two young children. The parents are dealing with the stress of deployments and frequent moves, leading to feelings of disconnection and isolation.
Resiliency Intervention:
Techniques: Building a strong support network, creating rituals and routines to maintain connection, fostering open communication about deployment experiences, seeking support from military resources
Recommendation: Family therapy to address issues related to deployments and frequent moves, individual therapy for parents to cope with stress and isolation.
Overall, the main steps to conducting this project would be:
1. Identifying families experiencing obvious changes and disintegration
2. Conducting interviews to gather information on family background and issues
3. Applying resiliency methods of intervention to address specific problems
4. Outlining techniques and recommendations for each family
5. Summarizing the findings and identifying common themes among the families
6. Presenting the findings and recommendations to relevant stakeholders for further support and intervention.
Conduct interviews with any five different families which may have experienced obvious changes and seems to be disintegrating. You may write a brief description of the family’s background, present any problem (s) they may be encountering, and state application of resiliency method of intervention to address issues; provide outline of techniques employed and recommendation. Then provide a summary of the five families. What are the main steps to do this project.
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