Role of Family in Communication Sciences and Disorders

Vocabulary flashcards covering core concepts, family paradigms, family systems, and models of care in communication sciences and disorders.

Evidence-Based Practice

The culmination of using clinical expertise, the best current research evidence, and clients' values and wishes in the treatment and evaluation of communication disorders.

Closed Family Paradigm

A family type that prefers stable, predictable, and efficient use of resources, usually following the lead of a family head, patriarch, or matriarch.

Random Family Paradigm

A family type that prefers spontaneous and individual use of resources and values individuals pursuing their own individual interests.

Open Family Paradigm

A family type that is practical in resource use and aims to achieve consensus goals through negotiation and group discussions such as family meetings.

Synchronous Family Paradigm

A family type characterized by a silent understanding with no need for overt communication, where family members tend to know what each other is thinking.

Compromise System

A family system formed when a family blends two different family types or paradigms.

Compound System

A family system in which different family members exhibit characteristics of one, two, or more paradigms at the same time.

Client-Centered Care

A historical model of care based on the view that the professional holds all the knowledge about the disorder and patient, with families and patients expected to follow the professional's directions.

Family-Centered Care

A care model in which families, clients/patients, and the professional work together collectively to create goals, taking the family's point of view into account.