Family Stress and Intervention Flashcards

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Who are the members of this family?

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Courtney (mother); David (father); Stephen (oldest child); and Jake (younger child).

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What is the main stressor in this family?

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Jake was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome

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Apply the Double ABCX Model to this family and their stressors.

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A: diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome; family disruption

B: school staff + instructors, supportive mom, insurance

C: Courtney realized something was wrong and put in a lot of effort to help Jake; David refuses to accept son’s condition

X: as a family–maladaptation; David–maladaptation; and Courtney–bonadaptation

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Apply the Family Circumplex Model to this family.

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As a family, they are very disengaged. Courtney and Jake, and David and Stephen, have built cohesive relationships between each other, but as a family, they are very separate from each other.

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Define morphostasis.

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Morphostasis is the maintenance of and resistance to changes in family interaction.

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Define morphogenesis.

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Morphogenesis relates to the ways in which families grow and change.

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What is the psycho-educational approach?

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Refers to the education offered to individuals with a mental health condition and their families to help empower them and deal with their condition in an optimal way.

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What is a token economy?

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A child earns points for appropriate behavior, and when he or she has accumulated enough points, the child is allowed to purchase a larger reward on which the parents and child have agreed.

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