11.26.23 Family Systems Handout and Study Guide (1)
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Family Systems Handout and Study Guide
Directions
: This is a handout to help guide you in your learning during Module 4. Work on this study guide should be completed individually. Complete all fill-in-the-blanks and tables and submit by Sunday at midnight. At the conclusion of the week, you can check your handout with the provided answers for a study guide.
Family-Centered Practice The _parents___
and the _child__
are the “clients.”
•
Families give children a sense of support, identity, and emotional well-being.
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Help children develop __routines__.
Family Well-Being Feeling of belonging, love, and commitment in a family can be a challenge for parents, especially when their child has a disability. _Well-being___
is when everyone’s needs are being met.
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_Healthy relationships ____
are key in orchestrating family well-being.
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A family that __plays_
together stays together!
Family Engagement and Capacity-Building
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Families offer access to shared daily experiences and traditions to promote __occupations_
.
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Builds knowledge for how __families__
can best support their child’s learning and development.
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Creates shared responsibility between __family________
and _professionals_____________
.
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Promote sensitive parenting by helping parents understand what their child’s cues and attempts
to communicate.
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Identify behaviors that may be attributed to unmet basic need (hunger, tired, hurt)
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Support strategies to help the child calm (identify emotions child may be feeling and warning signs or triggers)
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Strategies to promote family play:
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Put away technology
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Involve the children in household activities
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Play can happen anytime, anywhere during the day
Family and Professional Collaboration
During the OT Process
1. The Occupational Profile
is an important opportunity for occupational therapy practitioners to systematically partner with families during the OT process. Identify two ways the family can be engaged
as the Occupational Profile is created and goal planning begins.
___family collaborate on the childs daily routine and provide insight on what occupations the child is struggling with and families provide concerns of how the child is doing in the their daily routine. ___________
__Professional collaboration provides helpful information on how to work with the child
provides and home program/ therapy/ exercise/ play etc . ____________________________
2. Family roles, responsibilities, and expectations should be considered when _____establishing__
for intervention to maintain strong family interactions.
3. Design interventions with consideration with family needs for coaching and education to build families’ capacity.
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Plan activities that are _____family centered ______________.
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Communicate collaboratively – don’t prescribe. •
Provide specific __up-to-date, unbiased information, comprehensive_________
. •
Collaborate______________
when alternative methods are needed.
•
_Alternative_____________
strategies discussed to see how they will be implemented.
Supporting Advocacy
Through the process of building a partnership with a child’s family, it is important to also support the parent as an advocate for the child. Read Gafni-Lachter, L. & Jacobs, K. (2015). Supporting parent advocates. OT Practice, 20
(5), 15-17. (March 30, 2015 issue). AOTA archived these issues and it has made providing a link difficult. This is the process to read the article:
Sign into AOTA
Search in the search bar OT Practice Magazine
Click on OT Practice Magazine AOTA
Click on Issues
Click on the link For 2000-2018 Issues Go to Archive on COMMUN OT
o
You may need to click an agreement
Click on 2015
Click on #05 March 30
List 7 ways the OTA can support the parent in advocacy.
1. __Knowledge_______________
: Educate self and others about child’s condition and rights.
2. _Involvement_
: Encourage the family to participate throughout the OT process for better child outcomes.
3. __Relationships__
: Establish positive relationships with professionals and legislators.
4. __Communication Skills_
: Develop clear and assertive communication to support goal attainment.
5. __Organization_
: Promote habits to better organize information and communication.
6. __Networking and support_______________
: Strengthen by uniting with others who share similar interests and have similar experiences.
7. _Seeds for Self-Advocacy________________
: Promote child’s knowledge of self, rights, communication skills, and leadership.
Family Occupations and Routines
Explore the Raising Children Network and read about the importance of family routines for a child with a
disability. (
http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/disabilities_routines.html/context/1290
)
Routines are important for a child with a disability because they help the child __feel safe_
and secure.
Additionally, routines can help a child develop self-care and health maintenance, recreation and leisure habits, and social participation. Routines also help support the family by developing resilience and providing a means for accommodations/adaptations.
Strategies to establishing family routines:
1.
Routines will should be ___well-planned_
.
2.
Routines should occur _regularly_
.
3.
Routines should be _Predictable.
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References
Gafni-Lachter, L. & Jacobs, K. (2015). Supporting parent advocates. OT Practice, 20
(5), 15-17.
Murphy, A, Balicki, M., Bate, J., Hoffman, S., Seijo, R., Siegel, J., Valicenti-McDermott, R. & Kastner, T. (n.d.) FIT Trainer’s Guide. Association of University Centers on Disabilities.
Rabaey, P. & de Sam Lazaro, S. OSOT 5410 Pediatrics I. St. Catherine University Desire2Learn course
Raising Children Network (2016). Routines and children with disability. http://raisingchildren.net.au/articles/disabilities_routines.html/context/1290
.