100725: Therapeutic Intervention With Poor and Distressed Ethnic Minority Immigrant Families

About the Course:

The authors describe an attempt to adapt an existing model of therapeutic intervention with poor and disorganized families to ethnic minority immigrant families. Major elements of postmodern thinking along with elements from the narrative approach were utilized as part of the psychosocial intervention with the families. The discussion is centered on the attempt to explain the reasons for the model’s effectiveness with immigrant populations and on the evaluative method.
COURSE SYLLABUS I. Research and Practice Backgound II. The Intervention Model III. Social and Cultural Content of the Study IV. Method V. Findings VI. Discussion

Publication Date:

2003 /Vol. 84, No. 4

Authors

Michal Schamai, Ph.D.; Victor Moin, Ph.D.; Shlomo A. Sharlin, Ph.D.

About the Authors:

Senior lecturer at the School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel

Senior researcher at the Center for Research & Study of the Family, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel

Professor and Director of the Center for Research & Study of the Family, School of Social Work, Faculty of Social Welfare & Health Studies, University of Haifa, Israel

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for social workers, counselors, psychologists, and other human services and behavioral health professionals who seek knowledge about therapeutic intervention models for at-risk families. It is appropriate for participants with intermediate to advanced levels of knowledge about the topic.

Course Objectives:

1. Describe a therapeutic intervention with poor and disorganized families.

2. Describe how the presented intervention was adapted to ethnic minority immigrant families and what the outcomes of this intervention were/can be.