Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Different Approaches in Assessment And therapy for young Children


COLLABORATIVE APPROACH
Focused on the doing of the client rather than being with the client in a helpful way. Here the therapist is more an expert of the problem than the client. The therapist is likely to be more interested in client thinking and view on what need to change and how. They use language of stories, possibilities and dialogue. They begin with therapeutic relationship of respect and quality Next determined who are most involve are affect by the problem, then those who define the problem are invited to discuss it together. In short Collaborative approaches are more concerned with conversation. They are encouraged to communicate leads to shared understanding.

COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL FAMILY THERAPHY (CBFT)
This therapy is a combination of social learning theory and behavioral approach. It focused on the behavior of individual and environment event that trigger shape and maintain their behavior. This therapy involve parent training in which both parent were instructed to identify and record appropriate behavior of the child and then systematically intervene using social learning principle Ex Modeling this is to eliminate the problem. Iy focus also in reward and punishment between family members.

RACE AND CULTURE
The second rank element that distinguished human being from each other. As a therapy we need to avoid stereotyping, we must give importance to acknowledge and respect cultural differences.. Therapist inquiry into culture facilitates the joining process. These therapies go to the world of family and get him/her away from hierarchical position. This exploration help the therapy experience broaden their perspective and gain new information. In this the therapy addresses the alienation as cultural problem acknowledge the family pain and isolation. Therapist assist the family in feeling more connected to their world by a process also known as normalizing, Helping them see their similarities with others.


Lea F. Darauay
Domielyn Dice
Annalyn Delarosa
BEED 3A