Familias Unidas

Thanks Yafah, it is a pleasure to meet you. You have great goals and plans to increase your ability to engage with the Hispanic population, so I believe your views about engaging contains learning and training about the Hispanic culture and their families. Culturally competent social work practice with Latinos is crucial for ensuring effective access to and treatment delivery to this population. Furman, R., Negi, N. Iwamoto, D. Rowan, D., Shukraft, A., & Gragg J. (2009). You are right in your research about the importance of family among the Hispanic population, so here is some research that I gathered about Hispanic families as well. Familism is a cultural value and belief that the family is central in the life of the individual. Family diversity,

Because PCIT was originally developed as a treatment program for children with disruptive behaviors, the core tenets of the program focus on behavioral strategies to improve the parent-child relationship (Eyberg 199). Treatment sessions for PCIT involve active engagement of both the parent and the child in which the counselor or therapist acts a mediating coach in order to teach positive interaction skills. First, the therapist observes the parent-child interaction and tallies their behaviors on a coding sheet to

CYP 3.1 – 3.4 Explain how different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern.

Establishing positive parenting skills within the community will assist the parents in gaining new alternatives to their current practices. “Often we get the same families that are repeat offenders or they never really learn their ways of parenting are not acceptable” (Ruiz, 2015). Providing the “Strong Families” curriculum will reduce the number of children that are

CYP CORE 3.1 (3.4) How different types of interventions can promote positive outcomes for children and young people where development is not following the expected pattern.

My first assumption of family therapy was to involve the parents and the individual that had the problem. This book explored further what it

Family-based models are important when trying to provide early intervention services to Latino families. It can be difficult to

Madden recruited participants primarily through notices placed in community newspapers and at community organizations. She also used other sources including notices sent home from schools and referrals from school resource staff and psychologists. The participants consisted of 35 parents from the Montreal area with at least one child with behavior problems. There were 25 married (or in a common law marriage) and there were 10 single participants. The parents ages ranged from 29-55 (mean of 39.17). The families had a total of 30 identified children with age range of 4-12 (mean 7.33). The family income ranged from under 20,000 to over 100,000 with a median of 60,000-69,000. 97% of the parents completed high school and 41% had obtained a university degrees. Out of the 35 participates, 22 parents participated in the intervention group and the remaining 13 participated in the controlled group.

Hispanics form a large part of ethnic minority in the United States. The Hispanic populations have diverse ethnic origin and have low socio- economic and educational levels when compared to other ethnic groups in the United States. The health of Hispanic communities begins with analysis of how Hispanic families

Based on the review, behavioral therapy for children under 6 is recommended as a positive treatment option. Four programs for parents of children with ADHD from this review were highlighted. Triple P (Positive Parenting Program), Incredible Years Parenting Program, Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, and New Forest Parenting Programme. These programs use interpersonal and community level approaches including group sessions, public seminars, and one-on-one support for tertiary prevention.4 For example, Triple P focuses on positive parenting as a behavioral therapy approach. They offer group courses, private sessions, consultations, and online training. These trainings are centered around five key steps of positive parenting which include creating a safe and interesting environment, having a positive learning environment, using assertive discipline, having realistic expectations, and taking care oneself as a parent.7 Another example is the Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT) program. Their focus is on improving emotional and behavioral disorders by improving parent-child relationships and interaction patterns. This program uses a live-coaching model. This model puts parents in a room with their child while a therapist in another room coaches their interaction via an ear bud.8

Mexican culture is known for the unified nature of the family. The term “Familismo” refers to the emphasis on family rather than the individual. The emphasis is on family responsibility to care for one another, loyalty, interdependence, and cohesiveness (Sam & Berry, 2010). Familismo has been identified as important among Latino populations. The roles of the parents in Mexican culture are generally well defined, with the father acting as

I agree with the statement that according to the Center for Evidence-Based Policy, successful interventions involve proactivity, focused strategies, and applicability in the proper places. However, I differ on the fact that proactive measures are preferred over reactive measures to control behaviour. The positive process of bahavior support is a general or all-inclusive method of tackling a problematic behaviour or conduct in that it does not only take into account the behaviour itself, however, it also regards the characteristics or traits and the circumstances of the individual or child that exhibit that particular conduct, as well as the conditions together with people that are around it or that form the environment. Nevertheless, the interventions

The research theory that the direction of causation between child and adult behavior is a two-way street can cause the parents to change the behaviors of the child and the child can change the behaviors of the parent. Additionally, research has shown parents of children with disabilities are very adapt at adjusting their interactions with their children to maximize positive development. Research has proven the purpose of early intervention is not to train the parents but to develop the parent-child relationship.

Per Brown, Pryzwansky, & Schulte (2011) parental consultation is different than parent education or therapy as a family unit. Parent consultation is aimed at the family unit to find what issues may be related to the unwanted behavior from the child (Brown, Pryzwansky, & Schulte, 2011). Per Pollet & Lombreglia (2008) parent education is a short-term intervention focused on the parents and learning skills such as conflict resolution and interpersonal communication. In contrast, a parent consultation centers on the family relationship and aids new parents with basic ideals of parenting skills (Sanders & Burke, 2014). Moreover, a parent consultation has four basic steps

It is often said that children are our future and there certainly seems to be few statements that would ring more true. After all, children literally are the legacy that will grow up to carry on society, and their ability to thrive as successful adults rests largely upon the impact that they receive during their childhood. Effective parenting is an incredibly important aspect of a successful society, but it is also a difficult objective to achieve. According to the American Humane Association (2007), 63 percent of children experienced at least one situation of neglect in 2005 while 17 percent experienced physical abuse and 7 percent emotional abuse. Based on these unexpectedly high numbers, there appears to be a significant need in communities around the country for greater efforts to influence positive parenting strategies and provide parents with opportunities for education, stress relief, and added resources. Additionally, Robert Putman (2000) described a trend of declining social participation in a wide area of American life including organizations that help enforce positive social norms for children. Due to this trend, the parent-child relationship within society is perhaps more important than ever before. Because of these realities, the project being proposed in this paper is a parenting resource program for a county.