Parent Work (6.05)

Social Welfare DepartmentClinical Psychological Service

Branch

Central Psychological Support Service

Staff Training for ICCC

Topic: Parent Work (1)

Parent Work (6.05)

Presentation Outline

Introduction

Disability & Family

Counseling Process

Individual Family Service Plan (IFSP)

Conclusion

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Disability & Family

Reaction to diagnosis

Shopping for services

Challenges on family functioning

Marital Conflict

Emotional reaction

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Counseling Process

Educative counseling

Parent training

Facilitative counseling

Personal advocacy counseling

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Disability & Family (1)Reaction to Diagnosis

Type of disability

Condition of disability -- insidious vs obvious

How information is provided

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Disability & Family (2)

Shopping for Services

Overstated problem

Reasons for shopping

seek opinion, feel disrespectful, misunderstand

their role, disagree with professional judgement

Determine reasons & sort out information

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Disability & Family (3)

Challenges on family functioning

language difficulties

problem in child management

lack of emotional attachment

poor self-care skills

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Disability & Family (4)

Marital conflict

trigger latent conflicts

help parents to aware of causes of frustration

help parents to meet personal needs

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Disability & Family (5)

Emotional reaction

Mother: guilt, anger, embarrassment,

jealousy, depression, helplessness,

hopelessness

Father: depression, low self-esteem

Sibling: jealousy, “Cinderella Syndrome”,

embarrassment, guilt, anxiety

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Counseling Process (1)

Educative Counseling

provide and explain information on

disability

refer parents to written materials,

professionals and parents organization

provide information on training

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Counseling Process (2)

Parent training

child development, parent-child

interactions

behavioral management

interpret available information and

technique

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Counseling Process (3)

Facilitative counseling

information is realistic but not overwhelming

help to understand not parents’ fault

help to avoid over-protection

help to aware of communication pattern

help to instill realistic hope

help to meet family needs

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Counseling Process (4)

Personal advocacy counseling

process of helping parents to actively and

purposively work for their own welfare

“hard” and “soft” services

coping with pressure from professionals

search for appropriate welfare

experience a sense of control over their life

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Individual Family Service Plan

Systematic way of providing service

Family-centered services

Coordinated service from different professional

Team work approach

Parent-professional collaboration

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IFSP Forms

Background Information

Concerns & Priorities

Child & Family strengths

Present Levels of Development

Goals and Outcomes

Services

Transition Plan

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Principles of IFSP

Family centered services

Family-professional relationships

Effective team functioning

Services coordination

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Developing IFSP

Reviewing family concerns & priorities

Describing child’s present abilities

Developing functional prioritized outcomes

Building on strengths & resources

Determining team services for each outcome

Planning for transitions

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Developing IFSP (1)

Reviewing family concerns & priorities

collect information by meeting parents at home and school

review and discuss concerns & priorities

sample questions for discussion

sample concerns & priorities

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Developing IFSP (2)

Describing child’s present abilities

assess by Multi-Disciplinary Team(MDT) and results disclose by professional

solicit a summary of eligibility for special services

solicit a description of abilities and strengths

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Developing IFSP (3)

Developing functional, priortized outcomes

family share and elaborate concerns & wishes

professionals discuss about important family needs

family and professionals rank orders together

outcomes worded as behavioral objectives

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Developing IFSP (4)

Building on strengths and resources

review information to identify existing strengths and resources

include all family members and support network

include different type of resources

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Developing IFSP (5)

Determining team services for each outcome

discuss how family & professional sources used

used simple sentences that address who, what, where, how often

state the outcome as functional/ practical measure

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Developing IFSP (6)

Planning for Transition

Type of transition

Transition Problems

Consideration of planning transition

Time Frames