Handbook of couple and family assessment / Karin Jordan, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jordan, Karin.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Family assessment--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Family assessment.

Marital psychotherapy--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Marital psychotherapy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This outstanding book is intended to help systems practitioners to keep abreast of how to do assessments of the couple, the family, the family sub-system and individual couple/family member(s). It is designed to assist both systemic practitioners and graduate students being trained in systems therapy. The chapters are most relevant to practitioners in their work with couples, families, (system as a whole, subsystems and individual couple and family members) with a variety of presenting problems. The chapter topics were chosen by surveying the field of systematic therapy and then focusing on those topics that are currently in the forefront. The underlying philosophy of the book is that due to the current demands for time and cost effective therapy, providing quality therapy for today's evolving diverse couples and families is no longer enough. Therefore, today's systems practitioners need to be knowledgeable about how to assess couples and families and guide the goal setting and treatment approach.

Contents:

Intro

THE HANDBOOK OF COUPLE AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

HANDBOOK OF COUPLE AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1: Couple and Family Assessment: An Overview

OUTCOME ASSESSMENT

ASSESSMENT: A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF FAMILY AND COUPLE RELATIONSHIPS AND PROBLEM DEVELOPMENT

ASSESSING FROM THE FIRST TO THE LAST SESSION

ASSESSMENT PROCESS

INSTRUMENT SELECTION PROCEDURE IN ASSESSMENT

MULTI SYSTEM, MULTI METHOD ASSESSMENT

SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

REFERENCES

Chapter 2: Managed Care and Assessment Instruments: Some Introductory Comments

ABSTRACT

MANAGED CARE AND ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS: SOME INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS

CLINICAL OUTLIERS

CLINICAL CHECKPOINTS

REDUCING PREMATURE TERMINATION PRESSURES

SUMMARY

Chapter 3: Therapeutic Family Assessment: A Systems Approach

THERAPEUTIC FAMILY ASSESSMENT: A SYSTEMS APPROACH

A COMPREHENSIVE CONCEPTUAL MODEL FOR FAMILY ASSESSMENT

PRACTICAL ISSUES IN FAMILY ASSESSMENT

BASIC FAMILY ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES

INTEGRATIVE MODELS FOR FAMILY ASSESSMENT METHODS

CASE STUDY

CONCLUSIONS

Chapter 4: Assessing Couples: Procedures, Tools, and Benefits

WHEN IS ASSESSMENT DONE?

WHO TO INCLUDE IN ASSESSMENT

WHAT TO ASSESS, AND HOW-TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES

Chapter 5: A Developmental-Family Systems Approach to the Assessment of Adolescents

THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR ADOLESCENT ASSESSMENT

PRACTICAL ISSUES IN ASSESSING ADOLESCENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

MAJOR MEASURES USED TO ASSESS ADOLESCENT'S SOCIO-EMOTIONAL FUNCTIONING

Chapter 6: Assessment of Older Adults and Their Families

ASSESSMENT OF OLDER ADULTS AND THEIR FAMILIES

THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF AGING.

RAPIDLY GROWING GERIATRIC SERVICES NEED TO INCLUDE FAMILIES

ASSESSING AGING FAMILY SYSTEMS BEGINS WITH THE INDIVIDUALS

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES AND TOOLS

ASSESSMENT OF MARITAL AND FAMILY FUNCTIONING IN LATER LIFE

Chapter 7: Assessment of Infidelity

INTRODUCTION

ASSESSMENT OF INFIDELITY - A RARE OCCURRENCE

A DIFFERENT SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE

ASSESSMENT IN GENERAL

THE ROLE OF INDIVIDUAL SESSIONS IN ASSESSMENT OF INFIDELITY

THE REVELATION OF THE AFFAIR AND INITIAL PHASE OF ASSESSMENT

SAFETY FIRST

ASSESSING TREATMENT AGENDAS

TRAUMATIC REACTIONS

RANGE OF REACTIONS

ASSESSMENT OF COUPLE'S FUNCTIONING

ASSESSING THE CONTEXT OF THE AFFAIR

HISTORY OF THE RELATIONSHIP

INDIVIDUALISTIC ISSUES

ASSESSMENT OF HEALING AND MOVING FORWARD

Chapter 8: Divorce Assessment Becomes Intervention

THE ADULTS

THE CHILDREN

THE INDIVIDUAL CHILD

CHILDREN'S AGES AND STAGES

THE PARENTING PLAN

REFERENCE

Chapter 9: Assessing Parenting Capability

THE BACKGROUND TO PARENTING ASSESSMENTS

CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS OF PARENTING CAPABILITY

PROS AND CONS OF ASSESSMENT USE

ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF PARENTING ASSESSMENTS

USING PARENTAL ASSESSMENTS IN A MULTICULTURAL SETTING

CONCLUSION

Chapter 10: Partner Violence Assessment

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE

Chapter 11: Child Sexual Abuse Assessment: The Tri-Modal Interview Protocol

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE ASSESSMENT

PLAY THERAPY AS PART OF THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS

ANATOMICALLY DETAILED DOLLS

TRI-MODAL INTERVIEW PROTOCOL

SYSTEMIC ISSUES

CASE EXAMPLE

Chapter 12: Family Assessment of Drug and Alcohol Problems

SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND FAMILY DYNAMICS

ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES.

ASSESSMENT TOOLS

APPENDIX A

Chapter 13: Multiculturally Sensitive and Aware Couple and Family Assessment and Testing

MULTICULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS

THINGS TO CONSIDER

CONDUCTING CULTURALLY SENSITIVE ASSESSMENT

THINGS TO REMEMBER DURING THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS

Chapter 14: Multiple Family Group Intervention and Assessment: Issues and Strategies

ORIGINS OF (AND RATIONALE FOR) GROUP INTERVENTION

RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF GROUP PARTICIPANTS

CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP MEMBERS

GROUP INTERVENTION OUTCOMES

CHARACTERISTICS OF GROUP LEADERS

Chapter 15: Ethical and Legal Issues in Marital and Family Assessment

COMPETENCY IN TEST ADMINISTRATION

AREAS OF COMPETENCE

ETHICAL CONCERNS SPECIFIC TO COUPLES AND FAMILY ASSESSMENT

ISSUES OF DIVERSITY

WORKING WITH MANAGED CARE

IN CONCLUSION

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed June 10, 2013).

ISBN:

1-62808-414-6

OCLC:

846496126