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"Integrating Work and Family", 2004.
A review of Saroj Parasuraman's book, "Integrating Work and Family".
957 words (approx. 3.8 pages), 1 source, MLA, £ 23.95
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This paper discusses the book, "Integrating Work and Family" written by Saroj Parasuraman, and examines the modern conflict between work and family from a number of perspectives. The paper explores specific types of work and family conflicts and explains the impact that they have on the involved parties. The paper argues that these conflicts stem from changes in work and family situations during this century. The paper expresses the potential damage that can arise from clinging to old stereotypes of the nuclear family.
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"In Integrating Work and Family, Parasuraman attempts to examine the conflict between family and work from a variety of those impacted, including individuals, employers, consultants, and counselors. The book notes that while there has been a great deal of discussion about family/work conflicts, such conflicts remain a serious problem. Writes Parasuraman, "The problem of balancing work and family arises from work-family conflict, which reflects a mutual incompatibility between the demands of work role and the demands of the family role" (p. 3-4). Integrating Work and Family is made up of 21 chapters, and covers a wide range of topics. Parasuraman begins the book with a historic overview of the relationships between work and family, and discusses how this relationship has changed over time. The author then provides a number of different perspectives on the relationship between work and family, ranging from that of a person who struggles to maintain balance, to a counselor?s perspective on managing tensions inherent in the conflict between work and family, to a view of the research surrounding work-family issues."
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Integrating Family Into Community, 2005.
Discusses two research studies on the benefits of family integration into community and school-related activities.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 2 sources, APA, £ 27.95
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This paper summarizes and compares two research studies conducted on family integration into the community and its impact on the emotional, social, and physical development of children.
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"The trend in increasing accountability for schools, teachers and student performance via standardized testing has come about due to education reforms such as President Bush's No Child Left Behind Act. Two research studies in the literature reveal that student learning and performance are enhanced through family integration into community and school-related activities. The first study examining data from over U S schools on their efforts to develop high quality programs of school family and community partnerships was conducted by Steven B Sheldon and Frances
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Lok Family: Patient and Family Education, 2002.
A look at how patient and family health education is an integral part of quality care.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 0 sources, £ 37.95
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This paper analyses the needs of the Lok family who have a family member who needs health care. The paper explains how an integral part of quality care is that all care professionals who interact with the patient and family members share the responsibility of providing patient and family education. In this case the author establishes that as the family are immigrants it is necessary to understand and respect their religious and cultural background in order to be able to provide the best health education.
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"Patient and family education is an integral part of quality care. Providing it is a responsibility shared by all care professionals who interact with a patient and with family members. Teaching patients can be the most challenging as well as the most rewarding aspect of care. Understanding the patient's religious and cultural background is an important consideration when providing health education to the Lok family. In order to determine the family's cultural status and understand its forced migration, I must be open-minded, show respect for beliefs that differ from my own, and avoid making assumptions or stereotyping. In educating the Lok family, it is essential to understand Chinese culture. China is a country of multiple faiths, with a large segment of the pop..."
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Family-Based Therapy, 2006.
A discussion regarding the integration and synthesis of relevant theory and research in family-based therapy.
2,474 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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This paper researches and examines 'family-based, empirically supported treatments. The paper focuses on core therapeutic processes and outcomes and principles of good science. The paper further discusses the importance of applying theory in a manner responsive to the co-created reality of the clinical situation, and doing so in a way that incorporates sensitivity to cultural factors and other factors relating to diversity.
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Objective
Introduction
Repeated Replications
Barriers to Detailed Treatment Protocols
Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
Integration of Theories
Summary and Conclusion
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"Just as in the realm of education which combines learning theories in order to better inform the practice of the instructor, in the realm of psychological counseling and methods the therapist will often integrate two theories in order to apply individualized treatment that will be more successful in terms of the outcomes of the patient. Often the patient will have multiple problems that must be addressed and this can only be successfully accomplished many times through the integration of theories to inform the practice of the clinician and often varies from one individual to another. "
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Women, Work and the Family in Canada., 2002.
A look at the changing structure of the family unit in Canada and its integration into society.
1,650 words (approx. 6.6 pages), 3 sources, £ 43.95
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This essay will argue that the capacity of society to "normalize" exclusion, and ignore the realities of "difference", with respect to the construction of family units is reflected in, and reinforced by, state policies. Indeed, it may be argued that the state is the primary player in ensuring the continuing marginalization of "non-traditional" family units among gays and lesbians, Aboriginals, peoples of colour and single-parent families.
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Structural Family Therapy, 2007.
An exploration of the model of family counseling and therapy known as structural family therapy.
4,120 words (approx. 16.5 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 78.95
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This paper looks at structural family therapy (SFT) in its original form as well as in a form that is presently being used and has been effectively used specifically in SFT initiatives in families that are working with the issue of acculturation. The studies of Salvador Minuchin and Jay Haley are focused upon and the work of Thomas C.Todd (2006) is also taken into consideration. It also explores how SFT might effectively be applied by a minister of a neighborhood organization and how the Christian principles might be effectively and successfully applied in SFT therapy.
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Abstract
Introduction to SFT
SFT - The Focus
The Goals of SFT
Differentiation in Various Theories
The Strategic Based (SFT) Intervention
Skills Necessary for SFT Therapy
Discussion
Integration of FST, Pact and Christian Principles
Pact: Key Features
Structural Approach Used in Therapy
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"The resolution of conflicts is another area that must be in focus in the SFT therapy. There are various existing patterns in the way that individuals in the family deal with or use to avoid conflicts. Some of those are "detouring, attacking (also known as scapegoating)" (Todd, 2006) in which a union is formed against another family member who is labeled as 'bad' receiving the blame in full. Further there are the relationships that are described as "detouring, protecting" (Todd, 2006) in which two of the parties in conflict join to assist or help another in the family who had been labeled as defenseless, sick, and helpless and is a pattern noted in families that are psychosomatic and in families that have children who are known to be psychotic. "
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Family Relations and Poverty, 2002.
An analysis of how poverty hinders happy, healthy family "love" and relations.
2,505 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 10 sources, MLA, £ 53.95
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This paper attempts to prove how, more often than not, poverty severely hampers and hinders the ability of most families to form happy and healthy relationships. It looks at how families growing up in a financially stable environment are much more likely to form happy and healthy love and relational bonds than families growing up in financially depressed circumstances. It shows how happy and healthy relationships are contingent on the ability of parents to role model similar behaviors to their children. It also looks at how, in order to combat the effects of poverty on the family, the integration of more social support systems is required and how families need help learning to effectively deal with the outside world, so they can better learn to form the healthy communication bonds necessary to help them deal with their family world.
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"Poverty is driven by many factors, one of which is single parenting. Almost 90% of single-parent families are ?headed by females? and single mothers in the United States have the highest poverty rate of all groups (Kirby 2002, Olson & Baynard, 1993). Among U. S. Children living with single mothers, more than 60% are impoverished, and the rate of poverty among minority children is even higher, particularly African-American single-parent homes (Kirby 2002, Lindblad-Goldberg, 1989). Of course many two parent family units living in poverty also exist. It is important when assessing love and health relations in the family unit however, to examine all of the contributors to emotional disturbance and a negative relational outcome."
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The Changing American Family, 2006.
This paper discusses how the typical American family has changed throughout recent history.
1,561 words (approx. 6.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 36.95
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In this article, the writer discusses that the definition of "family" is an ever-changing concept in society. The writer declares that the family is arguably the central focus of American culture and society, and an integral part of the metaphorical American Dream. In this paper, the writer examines how the typical American family has undergone many changes in recent decades. The writer concludes that although means, averages and majorities can be calculated from statistical data, interpretation of such data on a non-numerical basis certainly reveals that there is not a single family mold that can be shared by a majority of Americans and there is essentially no "typical" American family.
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"A large percentage of society may once have defined the family as beginning with the marriage of the will-be-mother and will-be-father. However, single-parent families, non-married parents, divorced couples, remarried couples, and same-sex couples are all major parts of the family makeup today, and the traditional/ideal family structure of thirty years ago is certainly the minority today. In fact, between the 1970s and the 1990s, there was a significant rise in the number of adults who have never been married at all, going from fifteen percent to twenty-three percent. A snapshot of the majority of adults thirty years ago would show that about seventy-five percent of American adults were married, while in the late 1990s only slightly over half of American adults were married. This change is due to the fact that people are delaying marriage longer by about five years on average, divorce rates have increased significantly, and people are slower to remarry after getting divorced or being widowed. Today, cohabitation, or living together as a couple before marriage, is actually quite normal."
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Drugs and The Family, 2007.
A discussion on how illicit drug use impacts the family of the abuser.
2,760 words (approx. 11.0 pages), 15 sources, MLA, £ 58.95
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The paper discusses how the phenomenon of drug abuse and addiction in the family is a complex issue from both a psychological and a social point of view. The paper examines how the effects of addiction can be traumatic and devastating to the other family members, who might often blame themselves for the addict's behavior. The paper explores the modern approach to treatment and therapy, which is to treat the problem in the context of the entire family and in the social milieu and community in which the addiction takes place. It is felt that this more integrative and comprehensive mode of treatment will, in the long term, produce better results.
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Introduction
Causation
Impact on The Family
Treatment and Recovery
Conclusion
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"There are some disturbing modern trends in terms of society and demographics that have a bearing on the topic of this study. There has been an increase in the number of young people addicted to serious chemical substances that can have life - threatening consequences. For example there was an increase in cocaine related deaths among adolescents during 2004 in parts of the United States."
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Family-Centered Care Nursing, 2004.
This paper discusses the implementation of a family-centered care nursing program in a surgical nursing unit.
2,712 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 13 sources, APA, £ 67.95
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This paper describes family-centered care nursing programs. The author points out empirical research. The paper relates the historic involvement of the family as an integral part of the nursing practice.
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The purpose of this research report is to identify family centered care practice and principles with special emphasis upon nursing interventions in the surgical perioperative care setting in a large urban medical surgical unit. According to Wright and Leahey, a significant part of nursing history is that the involvement of families has always been integrally to nursing practice; but, in recent years, nursing has begun to focus upon identifying via empirically grounded research the basic systems that should be used in caring ..."
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Nature of Family, 2007.
This paper analyzes the nature and status of family.
2,308 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 5 sources, MLA, £ 50.95
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In this article, the writer notes that the dynamics of the family and the multifaceted nature of it provide the opportunity for a multidisciplinary approach to it. Further, the writer discusses that biology, anthropology, history, literature and psychology can all provide at least a limited view, that, if put together, create a more holistic vision of the family, as it has changed and evolved through time. The writer points out that each discipline has strengths and weaknesses with regard to identifying family dynamic and status. This work briefly addresses how the information from the sources can be integrated, or is incongruent. The writer also discusses what still needs to be learned to have a complete picture of the nature of families.
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"This observation could be explained by communication differences or many environmental cues that are present in the human world but are not in the primate world, but many years of scientific observation of both primate and human lends credence to Smith's claim. Additionally, the literature piece 'A Long Days Journey into Night', as well as many other pieces of literature that discuss human maltreatment of children seem to effectively prove Smith's point. Smith's work is focused mainly on the biological and psychological aspects of child rearing but does not always have a great deal to say about the family in general, though one could apply some of the basics in the work to a broader understanding of how these elements, of great import interact to alter the nature of the family in a more general sense."
"In 'Our Babies, Ourselves Small' also focuses on the child rearing aspect of family, as is suggested by the name, but she does so from a multicultural perspective (ethnopediatrics), combining anthropology, pediatrics and child development disciplines to review extensive cross cultural research on child-rearing."
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Experiential Family Therapy, 2007.
An overview of the concept of experiential family therapy.
1,164 words (approx. 4.7 pages), 4 sources, MLA, £ 28.95
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Experiential theory is an application that holds that people learn how to act in life by watching those in their circle.This paper presents an exploration of experiential family therapy. The writer examines the premise and structure of experiential theory and integrates the application of it with the ideas of Virginia Satir and Carl Whitaker. The writer also discusses a family and the use of experiential theory within that family's needs.
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Introduction
Experts in the Field
Experiential
Case Study
Conclusion
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"Using experiential theory as a base, the therapist should the family members to begin sharing feelings once a day with each other. As long as the family member choose another family member once a day to discuss a feeling or emotion with, the therapist does not set any other boundaries other than the receiving family member has to listen without comment or judgment then repeat back to the speaker what they believe the speaker was trying to say. A chart can be constructed for the younger children in which they place a face depicting how they are feeling that day on the day of the week. For instance if they are feeling sad they would place a sad face on the chart. Happiness will be denoted by a happy face. The parents need to be encourage to ask the children to talk about the face they chose and why they chose it. "
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Family-Centered Therapy, 2006.
A comparison between the family systems therapy approach and that of the individual therapy style.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 3 sources, £ 75.95
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Distinguishing between types of therapies is beneficial for those seeking to make change within social settings with specific or unique needs. Family centered therapies are one of the many different therapy strategies that can be applied to facilitate change. However while individual therapy tends to be defined as a relationship between two individuals with the purpose of achieving therapeutic change, the family systems therapy approach takes a more integrated process towards the close social units in which the individual seeking therapy resides. This paper identifies differences between the traditional individual therapy style of therapy and the family systems therapy approach.
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Ethics in Family Therapy, 2008.
This paper discusses the ethical responsibilities of family therapists.
2,240 words (approx. 9.0 pages), 26 sources, APA, £ 49.95
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The paper addresses the importance of confidentiality, integrity and professionalism in the field of marriage and family therapy. The paper explores the issues and ethics surrounding family therapists and their obligation and duty to maintain the above qualities within their practice.
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Introduction
Ethics
Confidentiality
Professionalism
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"For some families by the time they call the family therapist it is a last resort. They have spent months if not years trying to resolve the internal conflict on their own to no avail. In addition by the time they make that call for help one or more of the family members may have already given up and the therapy is a last ditch effort to save the marriage or family unit. For those who have not struggled for years but are making the call, it can be a court ordered situation which places all family members on the defense."
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