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Week 6. Assignment/ Assessment Tools Paper/Examine the scenario below:
Jeff is a 40-year-old single father with one 13-year-old child, Roger. Jeff?s wife abandoned the family when Roger was only 6. She is a drug user and has serious financial problems. Further, she might even have bipolar disorder since it seems to correspond to her behavior. Also, her mother was diagnosed with bipolar disorder.
Recently, Roger has not been focusing at school, is scoring low academically, and is withdrawing emotionally from everyone. He is also asking his father many questions about his mother. Jeff has informed Roger that his mother is ?no good,? and that Roger had better begin to do better in school or he is not going to leave the house except to go to school, as he will be grounded indefinitely.
When he is at home, Roger rarely leaves his room and spends many hours playing video games, some of which contain violent content. Further, his personal hygiene has diminished. Jeff is an engineer and considers himself to be ?the only stable force in Roger?s life.? He prides himself in trying to teach Roger about ?a strong work ethic and traditional values.? Recently Jeff has started dating Sherry, a 32-year-old co-worker with whom he is spending an increasing amount of time.
Please write an 8-10-page paper, excluding title and reference pages, responding to each of the following points, using formal APA style. Be sure to write your paper using only third person and include in-text citations, as well as an APA title page and reference page. Also, be sure to utilize at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the two class texts, for a minimum of seven references.
a. In a therapy session with Jeff and Roger, which method would you use to assess family history, such as a family map or genogram? What would be the therapeutic
reason for using this specific tool, and how effective do you think it would be? What are the possible positive or negative results that could occur from applying this
tool?
b. What additional information do you want to know about Jeff and Roger and their relationship? How could this information inform your strategy?
c. Identify five critical questions that you would ask Jeff and Roger. Define the purpose of this line of questioning and include citations to the texts or current research
to support your answers, as appropriate.
d. What strategy will you teach Jeff related to behavior modification for himself as well as for Roger? This can include specific parenting strategies, operant
conditioning, punishment, time-out, positive reinforcement, or others. What is the therapeutic basis for using this specific tool, and how does it work? What are the
possible positive or negative results that can occur from applying this tool?
e. Which strategy would you use to change the communication pattern in this family, such as first ordered changes, second ordered changes, family sculpting, or
role playing? What is the therapeutic reason for using this specific tool and how would you expect it to work? What are the possible positive or negative results that
could occur from applying this tool?
f. Integrate at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the two class texts, for a minimum of seven references to support your findings and recommendations.
Text books:
Carter, B., McGoldrick, M., & Garcia-Preto, N. (2011). The expanded family life cycle (4th. ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
Nichols, M. P. (2010). Family therapy: Concepts and methods (9th ed.). Boston: Allyn & Bacon.
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