In Week 1, you were charged with creating an example case study using your family and the Biopsychosocial Assessment Form from the Case Study Treatment Plan media. Now, imagine that your family is experiencing a crisis situation. You might be a Red Cross volunteer during a natural disaster working with your family; a community-based clinician responding to school violence or other tragedy involving or affecting one of your family members, such as a student or teacher death; or a practicing clinician in whose therapy session a family member reports being suicidal.
Note: Throughout the course, you will be reflecting on your own family of origin to help you explore your own self-of-the-therapist. In this assignment, you will not be required to reveal anything about your life, your family, your relationships, or any events that you are not comfortable sharing. If there are any requirements that ask you to submit anything you are not comfortable sharing, please feel free to fictionalize any elements and note that you have done so. For example, if there is an event that you would like to “make-up,” feel free to note this by simply writing (Fiction) in your paper or post (that is, “(Fiction) My mother was extremely sad during this period and became suicidal.”). If you have any questions about this, please reach out to your instructor for direction.
Instructions
Part 1
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you complete the following:
Introduce your family (aspects you are willing to share) and, pretending you are treating this family, the context for your involvement with the family. Discuss how you would respond as a clinician when working with this family. Be sure to include the following:
Describe methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
What are some differences you may notice when working with clients in crisis versus those not experiencing a crisis?
Describe the steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state.
Describe safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
Discuss ethical as well as your state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
Describe best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
Discuss how personal experiences affect work with clients in crisis with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
As you continue to examine the process of therapy through the lens of the self-of-the-therapist and multicultural diversity, include ways in which your own family experiences and various dimensions of your culture, such as religion, gender, or ethnicity, inform your reactions to this particular issue.
Part 2
Using the Case Study Treatment Plan media, complete a family member crisis assessment based on your family, including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated. (Note: The Risk Assessment tab in the media has the Family Member Crisis Assessment activity). Attach this Risk Assessment with your assignment.
Additional Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
Written communication: Written communication should be free of errors that detract from the overall message.
References: Support your ideas with references from peer-reviewed journals. You may use your course texts as supplementary references.
APA formatting: Use the Graduate LearnerLinks to an external site. section of the Writing Center for information on how to format resources and citations in current APA style.
Document format: Submit your paper in Microsoft Word .doc or .docx format.
Length of paper: 4–5 typed, double-spaced pages of content plus title and reference pages.
Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Competencies Measured
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Examine techniques for developing an effective therapeutic relationship with individuals, couples, and families, using a systemic family therapy perspective, including the use of virtual platforms.
Describe methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
Competency 3: Identify assessment techniques for clients in crisis.
Describe the steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state.
Describe safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
Complete a family member crisis assessment based on the family, including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated.
Competency 4: Examine legal and ethical principles that apply to clinical interactions, including telehealth.
Discuss ethical as well as the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
Describe best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
Competency 5: Identify the effects and influence of diversity and sociocultural factors on one’s own life and other participants in clinical interactions, including telehealth.
Discuss how personal experiences affect work with clients in crisis with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
Competency 6: Communicate effectively through the appropriate application of grammar, punctuation, spelling, writing mechanics, and professional tone, while adhering to current APA formatting and style.
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.
Week 4 Assignment: Clinical Aspects of Crisis Management
Week 4 Assignment: Clinical Aspects of Crisis Management
Criteria Ratings Pts
Describe methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
20 to >17 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Describes methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis and provides examples of methods suited to specific circumstances.
17 to >14 pts
PROFICIENT
Describes methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
14 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies but does not describe methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify methods for developing rapport with clients in crisis.
/ 20 pts
Describe the steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state.
20 to >17 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Describes steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state and provides examples appropriate to a given scenario.
17 to >14 pts
PROFICIENT
Describes steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state.
14 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies but does not describe steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state and omits some steps or identifies inappropriate steps.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify steps to take when working with a client who presents in a crisis state.
/ 20 pts
Describe safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
20 to >17 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Describes safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family and provides rationale for choices.
17 to >14 pts
PROFICIENT
Describes safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
14 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies inadequate or inappropriate safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify safety plans or next-step interventions that might be developed with the client family.
/ 20 pts
Discuss ethical as well as the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
24 to >20.4 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Discusses ethical as well as the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis and explains the importance of adherence to those principles.
20.4 to >16.8 pts
PROFICIENT
Discusses ethical as well as the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
16.8 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies inappropriate ethical or the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify ethical or the state’s legal implications for the client family resulting from the crisis.
/ 24 pts
Describe best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
24 to >20.4 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Describes best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis and provides appropriate examples.
20.4 to >16.8 pts
PROFICIENT
Describes best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
16.8 to >0 pts
BASIC
Identifies but does not describe best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify best practices aligned with state and national standards for the MFT discipline that apply to working with families in crisis.
/ 24 pts
Discuss how personal experiences affect work with clients in crisis with diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
24 to >20.4 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Discusses how personal experiences affect work with clients of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds and provides examples from personal experience.
20.4 to >16.8 pts
PROFICIENT
Discusses how personal experiences affect work with clients of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
16.8 to >0 pts
BASIC
Partially or inaccurately identifies how personal experiences affect work with clients of diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not identify how personal experiences affect work with clients of diverse cultural or socioeconomic backgrounds.
/ 24 pts
Complete a family member crisis assessment based on the family, including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated.
28 to >23.8 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Completes a family member crisis assessment based on the family, including a description of a risk assessment, risk factors, resources, and safety factors pertaining to the crisis scenario.
23.8 to >19.6 pts
PROFICIENT
Completes a family member crisis assessment based on the family, including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated.
19.6 to >0 pts
BASIC
Partially completes a family member crisis assessment based on the family by not including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not a complete a family member crisis assessment based on your family, including any systemic perspectives that may affect how the family is treated.
/ 28 pts
Convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
20 to >17 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Conveys clear purpose, in a tone and style well-suited to the intended audience. Supports assertions, arguments, and conclusions with relevant, credible, and convincing evidence. Exhibits strict and nearly flawless adherence to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards, including APA style and formatting.
17 to >14 pts
PROFICIENT
Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.
14 to >0 pts
BASIC
Conveys purpose, in an appropriate tone or style. Clear, effective communication is inhibited by insufficient supporting evidence and/or minimal adherence to applicable writing standards.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not convey purpose, in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and writing scholarly standards.
/ 20 pts
Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.
20 to >17 pts
DISTINGUISHED
Exhibits strict adherence to the standard writing conventions for the discipline. Elements of structure, voice, person, and tone are well matched to the intended audience.
17 to >14 pts
PROFICIENT
Applies the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, and tone.
14 to >0 pts
BASIC
Applies writing conventions that are inconsistent with disciplinary standards or inappropriate for the intended audience.
0 pts
NON_PERFORMANCE
Does not apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline.
/ 20 pts
