1st Edition
Sharing Care The Integration of Family Approaches with Child Treatment
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
336 Pages
by
Routledge
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A clinician faces a multitude of considerations when assessing a child patient. Foremost among these is that caring for the child entails caring for the family members involved with that child. The therapist must balance the competing needs and feelings of the child, parents, and family as a whole. By forming an alliance with all members of the family, the therapist is in a position to... Read more
Part I. Getting Started. Facing the Presenting Problem in the Initial Family Based and Child Diagnostic Meeting: The Perfect Family. Challenging Children: Challenging Families: Management Techniques and Understanding the Zone of Difficulty: The Less than Perfect Family. Assessing Parental and Family Function: Psychopathology in Parents Which Undermines Children's Development - Impact on Treatment Planning. Finding Your Treatment Plan in the Zone: Preparing the Short-Term and Long-Term Plan for Yourself, Parents and Working with Available Resources (Including Managed Care). Part II. Disorders in Children: Introduction. Internalizing Disorders: Anxiety - Depressive Spectrum Disorders. Externalizing Disorders: ADD-ODD-Conduct Disorder. Problem or Solution: Complications in the Treatment Plan in Zone 1. Epilogue: Enhancing Parental Care, Family Structure and Coping in Children: Long-Term contact for Zone 1 Children, Parents and Families.
Biography
Robert Ziegler, Andrew Bush
