Quick Studies : ) Flashcards
working with native americans:
- use active listening and reflective responses
- avoid interrupting the client
- ask permission to inquire about other areas of their life
- pay attention to client stories, experiences, dreams, and rituals and their relevance to the client
- accept periods of silence
- keep promises
- offer suggestions instead of directions
- greet with gentle handshake, and show hospitality (offer drink/food)
What are the steps to community organizing?
Step 1: Integrate the community.
Step 2: Identify the issue impacting the community.
Step 3: Identify individuals and create a core group.
Step 4: Set goals and objectives.
Step 5: Create an action plan to meet goals.
Step 6: Execute and monitor
Step 7: Evaluate action plan
physical indicators of abuse.
bruises on neck
rope burns
bite marks
burns
head injuries, skull fractures
privilege:
- legal term
- protects information that is shared b/w the client and the therapist from being shared with legal proceedings.
stages of domestic violence
honey moon phase
crisis/explosion phase
tension phase
indicators of neglect.
- developmental delays
- hoarding or stealing food
- dirty, unwashed, foul body order, unchanged diapers, etc.
- awkward peer relationships.
- falling asleep in school
true or false: is it recommended to do couples therapy when domestic violence is occuring
FALSE!
it could lead to abusive explosions afterwards.
emotional and behavioral indicators
- regressive behavior
- difficulty concentrating
- lying, stealing, fighting, anger outburst, aggression, drug use, truancy, social withdrawal, anxiety, depression,
- insecure attachment
working with african americans:
- recognize the totality of their life experiences.
- changing one environment
- focus on rituals, cultural traditions, and spiritual wellbeing
working with latino americans:
- use family therapy
- discuss family believes, history and experiences with standard american behavioral health services
- provide additional respect to the father or father figure in the family
- interview family members separately to voice concerns
working with asian americans:
- korean americans*
- establish creditability as a therapist.
- be directive
- reframe problems in positive terms
- assess immigration history
- be directive in guiding therapy.
- hesitant to involve others in tx.
- worried about confidentiality
- family does not support tx.
- don’t want to work with other asians.
- frequently miss or arrive late to sessions.
how many sessions for crisis intervention?
1-6 sessions.
steps to program development
- conduct a needs assessment.
- establish a task force
- define goals and objectives.
- develop timeline and action plan
- implement action plan/logic model.
steps to program evaluation
- identify the goals of the program
- describe the characteristics
- engage in process evaluation
- define outcomes
- measure the outcomes
- report and disseminate the findings.
