Personal Values and Family Based Intervention Notes

Personal Values and Family Based Intervention

Class Discussion: Personal Values

  • Family-based intervention emphasizes the role of the beliefs, values, and preferences of families throughout the entire therapeutic process (Bruder, 2001).
  • Family based intervention is mandated by ASHA when providing early intervention services, and the use of family based intervention has been promoted when providing intervention with individuals throughout their lifespan.
  • Research overwhelmingly shows that no matter what the disorder, when the family based intervention is used patient outcomes improve.

7 Characteristics of Family Based Intervention (ASHA, 2020)

  • Developmentally/Socially supportive
  • Services are evidence based
  • Alignment with family situation
  • Family determines involvement
  • Honors family values
  • Culturally and Linguistically responsive
  • Comprehensive, coordinated services

Utilize family strengths

  • Consider unique challenges of a family.
  • Align services with family life circumstances. Services are aligned with the family’s unique situation.

Services are culturally and linguistically responsive

  • Provide services in appropriate language and use interpreters as needed
  • Understand cultural norms that may influence this family.
  • Practice Cultural Humility

Services are developmentally and socially supportive and promote client’s participation in their natural environments

  • Utilize treatment targets that promote client’s communication use in environments that are:
    • Developmentally appropriate
    • Socially appropriate

Services comprehensive, coordinated, and team based

  • Collaborate and coordinate with the multidisciplinary team:
    • Schools
    • Hospitals
    • Clinics

Family determines the level of their involvement

  • A family-centered approach creates opportunities for the family to be involved in all aspects of intervention, with individual families selecting their desired levels and types of involvement (Crais, Poston Roy, & Free,2006)
  • With adult clients, it is important to determine from the client the level of involvement they want from their family.

Family values are honored

  • Clinician’s need to know what they (the clinician) value and how that might influence their perception of the client.
  • Family values supercede clinician values.
  • Even if family values cannot be implemented, they must be honored

Services are based on the highest quality of evidence that is available

  • Evidence Based Practice
  • Clinical Expertise/Expert Opinion
  • Evidence
  • Client Perspective