Select a population that is of special interest to you.
You will read literature on your specific population, focusing on issues or characteristics that could impact engagement and beginning therapy with such families.
These family styles would impact engagement and beginning therapy. Although the literature you find may not focus specifically on engagement, you should search for readings that describe characteristics of your populations of interest and/or clinical articles that discuss the process of treatment with such families.
Integrate your research with class and field learning on family systems engagement in a 4-5 page paper (maximum) that reports on the literature (2-3 pages) and then presents your own protocol for engagement of families from your selected populations (2 pages).
Begin the paper by describing your population of interest. State specifically what you find special and interesting about that population
Offer an integrated review of literature relevant for your population, describing the types of families, cultural style, likely issues in treatment, and known effective approaches for working with these types of families.
At least seven articles outside of class reading must be used and cited according to APA style. In addition, you may also use readings from the syllabus.
Describe specific strategies for working with your chosen population.
Guidelines will be further clarified in live classrooms. Your population selection requires instructor’s approval.
This assignment will provide the opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge, values, and skills in Professional Identity, Critical Thinking, Diversity and Practice, Research-Based Practice and Engagement, Assessment, Intervention, and Evaluation in clinical practice.
