Write a brief reflection on your experience visiting the agency. Provide a short description of the agency and the services they provide to children and their families. Then reflect on the following questions:
Imagine being a parent bringing their child for therapy. What are your impressions of the facility? What seems easy and helpful? What feels like an obstacle to overcome? What do you want to know about the agency?
Imagine you are the child being brought to therapy by your parent. What are your impressions of the place? What do you want to know about what is happening? What might scare you or make you happy to be there?
Imagine you work at the agency as a clinician. What are your impressions? What would be enjoyable about working there and what would be most difficult? What would you want to know about the agency?
As you make these reflections, you may also share any insights gained from this week’s readings. How do the various articles help you understand the child/families experiences of the mental health treatment system?
Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
Length: 5 pages, not including title and reference pages
Resources: Minimum of 3 scholarly resources
Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
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RESOURCES
Brendler, J. (1999). Taming the magic princes: The extraordinary power of working with the whole family. Family Therapy Networker, 23.
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Cooklin, A. (2001). Eliciting children’s thinking in families and family therapy. Family Process, 40, 293-312.
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Macchi, C. R., Johnson, M. D., & Durtschi, J. A. (2014). Predictors and processes associated with home-based family therapists’ professional …
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McWey, L. M. (2008). In-home family therapy as a prevention of foster care placement: Clients’ opinions about therapeutic services. The American …
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Thompson, S.J., Bender, K., Windsor, L.C., & Flynn, P.M. (2009). Keeping families engaged: The effects of home-based family therapy enhanced with …
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THE COMMUNITY CENTER THAT I DID THE FIELD TRIP TO IS LISTED BELOW YOU CAN GET THE NEEDED INFORMATION FROM THE SITE:
Crisis Services for Children and Youth
Family Health Building
1414 N. California Street, 2nd Floor
Stockton, CA 95202
(209)468-2385 Telephone Number
https://www.sjcbhs.org/children_and_youth.aspx
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