Concepts Applied
Step 1 dealt with a case in which a father uses violence against his teenage son, Danny, because he is trying to control his behavior in this way. It is appropriate to apply a therapeutic strategy that will focus on three directions to address the problem in this family. First, these are methods of changing consciousness through the parents’ cultural experiences, especially the boy’s father. The application of this conclusion is justified because the culture in which the father grew up is different from American society (Al-Saadoon et al., 2021). Second, I plan to apply the decision that the parent’s socioeconomic status forces them to use harsher methods to control Danny’s behavior. Although working as a cook may be lucrative for the father, there are likely certain attitudes that prevent him from perceiving the job as usual (Chong & Yeo, 2018). Third, I plan to use the conclusion that the father lacks knowledge about how corporal punishment affects the child’s future behavior. The father should be taught other ways of parenting that will change Danny’s behavior for the better.
Involving the Client in the Development of the Assessment Plan
The primary client will be the father, and occasionally, Danny’s mother will be involved in monitoring how the new parenting skills are being used. Although her perspective may not be entirely objective, she will offer an opinion from within the family environment. The first step is to have a therapeutic conversation with Danny’s father, briefly explaining the goals of the work–to change his view of parenting. I plan to use questionnaires and scales that will track the change in the father’s principles for he to understand the value of the intended interventions. The scales will include parameters for emotional assessment: for example, the father might be asked to note how he feels when the child disobeys him and how he feels after the abuse is used. Danny’s father’s participation in the assessment would occur at least once a week, where he would observe the change in his responses. I assume that the man will at least be able to recognize the problem and offer ideas.
Among Danny’s father’s ideas that I expect to see are his assumptions about what helps him control his aggression. Perhaps he will be able to see that specific actions, other than violence, help him reduce his anger toward Danny. To assess their effectiveness, I will suggest that the client create a form noting when he did not use violence. After some time has passed, the client will notice which of his ideas have been most effective and will use those.
The man is expected to be dissonant because he has no idea of other ways of parenting. My goal is to find out why this has happened and give him an idea of why such ways are wrong. I should also be careful to assess how his cultural experience affects the process of changing his mind (Al-Saadoon et al., 2021). Perhaps his cultural background prevails over his conscious approach to parenting, and I want the client to be aware of this (Chong & Yeo, 2018). To do this, I will ask him to evaluate the results that gentle parenting brings: for example, how he feels when his son asks for help and asks for help with problems more often. Perhaps when the client sees that the boy has begun to change his behavior, he will suggest his way of parenting. I believe that his central involvement in the evaluation is to monitor the changes that the therapeutic sessions bring independently.
Assessing Client Outcomes
As I stated earlier, the client’s emotional assessment scales will be effective. They will be used to track how Danny’s father’s moods change before, during, and after the violence he uses. I plan to relate the results to the overall intervention plan (Begun, 2018). If the father’s emotional range does not change, I will use more drastic measures. Such questionnaires are needed to determine how the client feels about his use of violence and why.
I plan to use measurable passing points by which I will track the client’s behavioral changes. Every few days, they will be used to find out the dynamics of the interventions and the frequency of the father’s use of the recommendations. There will be a factor of unreliability in the client’s surveys, but I will dialogue with the client as much as possible to increase statistical significance (Begun, 2018). Measurable points will include client decision time, frequency of use and presence of an effect.
I expect changes to appear later than the predicted results because the client has cultural and socioeconomic attachments. I want to conduct a series of conversations with Danny’s mother to establish her attitude and degree of influence over her father. Her information can help assess the client’s overall profile before and after the interventions. The effectiveness of the implemented plan will also be evaluated after sessions with the child and obtaining reliable first-hand information (Begun, 2018). He can provide more insight into how the family’s economic circumstances affect the father. In addition, the boy will provide information on whether the father’s behavior has changed or tightened up.
Strengths and Limitations of Assessment
The strengths of the assessment are that the client will be directly involved in tracking his results. Danny’s father will have a clear picture of his mood and behavioral changes and see that Danny has improved his behavior and is not afraid to ask his father for help. In addition, I believe that evaluating outcomes through sessions with the mother and Danny himself will be effective and robust because it will provide information from the internal family environment. However, the weaknesses of the assessment might be the increased unreliability rates of the scales and questionnaires. Danny’s father may be capable of manipulation, so the questionnaires will be less likely to reflect the actual results of the interventions. There is also a risk that the rest of the family will refuse to participate in the assessment, and there will not be reliable data.
Results
I believe I have learned to a greater extent to approach problems from an objective perspective that considers the multiple influences on the client’s situation. Danny’s case shows no single root cause of violent parenting behavior: culture, society, and economic conditions influence behavior. A grounded approach to practice has helped me navigate how strategic planning and evaluation can affect the timing of the desired outcome. I believe that the case studies also helped to classify the information I learned and provided insight into how significant systems function and what elements are involved. Perhaps this is also because the case study I studied reflects a current problem that often occurs in the practice of social workers, and there are already reliable schemes of work.
References
Al-Saadoon, M., Al-Adawi, M., & Al-Adawi, S. (2021). Socio-cultural constraints in protecting child rights in a society in transition: A review and synthesis from Oman.Child Indicators Research, 14(1), 239-267. Web.
Begun, A.L. (2018). SWK 3402 online coursebook: Research & statistics for understanding social work interventions. The Ohio State University, Open Educational Resources.
Chong, C. H., & Yeo, K. J. (2018). The residue effects of parental corporal punishment on young adults’ psychological adjustment: Evidence from Malaysia.SAGE Open, 8(1), pp. 1-11. Web.