Summary in eced 11

EVALUATION FOR TERMINATION AND FOLLOW UP

There are 2 criteria should be used in determining whether to continue therapy. these are:

1) Family goals should be met
2) New goals should be established

These 2 criteria are important to avoid family to think or feel that therapy is not working and don't be upset with the therapist.

there are several guidelines the therapist should follow when terminating with the family:
1) Plan for termination in advance
2) plan to gradually withdraw therapy
3) summarize the major themes
4) Ask the family to decide what needs to happen for them to return to therapy.
5) Reassure the family that they have the strengths and resources to deal with future problems.

CONDUCTING FOLLOW-UP EVALUATION

FOLLOW-UP> it allows the therapist to find out how the family is progressing and to discuss new problems if any have developed.
                       > It can be short-term (2-4 weeks) or long term (3-6 months) here are several reasons for follow-up contact with the family. these reasons are:

1) Many families need a booster shot following termination
2) Follow-up helps assess the effectiveness of the intervention program.
3) Planned follow-up encourages the family to monitor their own change program and thus benefit from contact with the therapist.

There are several ways he therapist can conduct follow-up;

1) Conduct a follow-up interview at home or office.
2) Make a telephone call.
3) Mail a questionnaire to the family.

EVALUATIONS IN TRAINING

- Formal evaluations of therapists are often model-specific, they evaluate the trainee's mastery of the therapeutic process specified by a certain school of family therapy.
- In addition to these formal methods of evaluating trainees, it is important for family therapists to monitor their own progress and development in personal ways.
- In addition, when family therapists evaluate their own patterns of fatigue and stagnation, their own creativity and growth can be maximized.

EVALUATION AS CLINICAL RESEARCH

-Clinicians are rarely up to call themselves recherches or scientists.
- Recherches connotes an interest in the explicit, observable,and  quantifiable parts of human experience.
- The family therapists see that clinical research can have great relevance to their work.
- Ethnographic studies on client perceptions can provide therapists with a mirror of their professional role.
- Clinicians can participate in systematic inquiry for formal and informal research as clinicians begin to observe and understand these patterns, their work can be influenced by the new information.
- Family therapists are currently learning more about the relevance of quantitative research.



GROUP 8 SUMMARY FOR ECED 11
MEMBERS:
Obinguar, Maria Lorena
Molina, REsielle Jane
Gemantiza, Mae Lannie
Garcia, Nancy
Lorezo, Jacquelyn