In this paper, you will find a research or evaluation study on family therapy (where a practice model or therapeutic model was examined for effectiveness) and apply the results to the family’s situation in the video used for the 2.3 assignment.
Focus especially on how the study’s findings will enable you to better work with a multi-racial and multi-stressed family. Consider, too, how family and natural helping systems are important for the family in the video. Use the OCLS (Off-Campus Library Services – IWU) to find scholarly, peer-reviewed research and evaluation studies on family therapy for this assignment.
The scholarly research study that you find and use for this assignment should be different from the one you used in Workshop One.
Use the OCLS (IWU Off-Campus Library Services) to locate a research or evaluation study of a model, theory, perspective, or approach to working with families in family therapy. (Be sure you choose a different article from the one you used in Workshop One.)
Once you have located an appropriate scholarly, peer-reviewed study, write a paper analyzing the study for its application to family therapy. Your paper should follow all APA style requirements (double-spaced, using Times New Roman font size 12 and one-inch margins and including a reference page) and be a minimum of three pages long (not including the title and reference pages).
What did you learn about the model, theory, or approach described in the article? Does the model, theory, or approach seem to resonate with your own personal and professional values? Describe and explain.
How was the model, theory, or approach evaluated? How large was the study population and did the population include diverse people? Did the study use control and experimental groups? Did the study use trained therapists (trained in the model or perspective being evaluated)?
What were some important ethical considerations regarding the study and how were they addressed?
What advanced family therapy skills did you learn about?
Do you think you would use this model or approach in your own work with multi-stressed diverse families? Explore and explain.
Does the model or approach described in the article help advance human rights? If so, how? If not, would you use the model anyway? Why or why not?
What conclusions do you draw after analyzing and evaluating this study (for your own practice with families and for social work practice in general)?
