1. Family Information (2 slide max.)
a) Name of family (de- identify content as needed to adhere to HIPAA)
b) Brief overview/ introduction of specific problems, issues, and concerns.
• Describe family members that will be part of treatment by including pertinent information such as: age, race, employment, etc.
• Describe reason family client system is seeing you as a social worker.
• Describe presenting problems and their onset, duration, and severity.
2. Assessment Measures (2 slide max.)
a) Based on the family information and presenting problems, suggest 2 standardized assessment measures that will help you as the practitioner understand the family’s problems and guide you to goal setting and treatment. Include the following information for each standardized assessment measure:
• Name the title of the assessment measure and cite appropriately using the original source of the measure when possible. Citation required (academic journal article).
• Explain why this assessment measure is valid and reliable and cite an academic article that supports your rationale. Citation required (academic journal article).
• Explain why this assessment measure is appropriate for use with this family given the family information and presenting problems discussed previously. Citation required (academic journal article).
• Explain how this assessment measure will help you as the practitioner understand the family’s problems and guide you to goal setting and treatment.
3. Case Conceptualization (2 slides max.)
a) Provide a summary of fictionalized results of the 2 standardized assessment measures; for each, explain the following:
• The results of the standardized assessment measure and what this indicates about the family’s problems.
b) Explain how you conceptualize this family’s problems based on the following:
• The results of the 2 standardized assessment measures.
• The content of the Family Information section.
c) Describe your overall practitioner impressions by stating how you conceptualize the overarching nature of the problems the family is facing and provide a rationale for this. Citation required (academic journal article).
d) Based on a- c, explain the goals you and the family would identify (as a whole and individually as appropriate to your conceptualization).
4. Family Therapy Model (3 slide max.)
a) Suggest a family therapy model selected from Chapters 5- 13 of the textbook that you feel will benefit this family based on all of the information presented thus far.
• Identify and briefly describe the selected model. Citation required (text).
• Explain why this model will benefit the family based on the content of the Family Information
section. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Explain why this model will benefit the family based on the results of the 2 standardized
assessment measures. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Explain why this model will benefit the family based on your practitioner impressions. Citation
required (text OR academic journal article).
• Explain why this model will benefit the family based on the goals you and the family would
identify (as a whole and individually as appropriate to your conceptualization). Citation
required (text OR academic journal article).
5. Treatment (Tx) (5 slide max.)
a) Explain what your role as therapist/ counselor will look like when applying this family therapy model with this particular family. Be specific; provide examples. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Describe the overall Tx processes that will be part of your work with this family. Be specific; provide examples. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Explain why you feel these overall Tx processes will benefit this family. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
b) Identify 1 specific Tx technique/ component/ activity that you would use with this family that is consistent with the model. For example, Solution Focused Family Therapy uses ‘The Miracle Question’.
• Briefly explain how this technique/ component/ activity is connected to the family therapy model. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Describe this Tx technique/ component/ activity in detail. Describe is such a way that individuals watching this portion of your video can replicate the technique. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
• Explain why you feel this specific technique will benefit this family. Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
6. Evaluation (2 slide max.)
a) Provide a general assessment/ evaluation of this family therapy model by discussing its overall strengths and weaknesses (how it may benefit/ not benefit any family). Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
b) Provide a specific assessment/ evaluation of this family therapy model by discussing its particular strengths and weaknesses in relation to your Case Conceptualization of this particular family (how it may benefit/ not benefit the specific family you presented). Citation required (text OR academic journal article).
7. Include all References cited in APA format (3 slides max., make font small if needed)
