Direct Work with Family Groups: Simple, Fun Ideas to Aid Engagement and Assessment and Enable Positive Change

217 Pages·2015·1.77 MB·English

by  Audrey Tait

Direct Work with
FAMILY
GROUPS
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Direct Work with
FAMILY
GROUPS
SIMPLE, FUN IDEAS TO AID
ENGAGEMENT AND ASSESSMENT
AND ENABLE POSITIVE CHANGE
Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu
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First published in 2016
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Copyright © Audrey Tait and Helen Wosu 2016
Illustrations copyright © Ejike Wosu 2016
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To all the families we have worked with who have
challenged us, inspired us and continue to motivate us.

Contents
1. Introduction 11
2. The First Home Visit 14
3. Keeping Yourself Safe 27
4. What to Do If You Don’t Get Access – The Client
Refuses to Open the Door 30
5. Once in the Door 33
6. Working with Resistance, Challenging Behaviour
and Aggression 37
7. Using Praise 44
8. Getting Started 48
9. The Bag 52
10. Activities to Support Engagement 54
I. Babies in Blankets 54
II. Talking Sticks 56
III. Compliment Cards 58
IV. Fruit Sculptures 63
V. Baking and Cooking 67
11. Activities to Aid Assessment and/or Help With ‘Big
Conversations’ 72
I. Dream Houses 72
II. Family Drawing 74
III. Activity Menu 78
IV. Our Street/Our Community 82
V. Bereavement Box 86
VI. Mrs Doubtfire 90
VII. My Twist on ‘What’s the Time, Mr Wolf?’ 93
VIII. Maslow’s Boxes 97
IX. Lemons and Lemonade 105
X. Rabbit Burrows 106
XI. Interviewing the Family Pet or Soft Toys 110
XII. Family Tree 120
XIII. Footprints 122
XIV. Contact Targets 125
XV. Loving Hearts 129
XVI. Memory Bank 137
XVII. The Detective and the Sniffer Dog 144
XVIII. Ripple Stones 151
12. Simple Ideas to Increase Parent/Child Proximity and
Positive Touch 154
1. Family Hat 154
2. Family Den 155
3. Make Your Own Bubbles 156
4. Hand Cream and/or Nail Polish 158
5. Positive Strokes 160
13. Behaviour 163
14. Storytelling 187
15. Endings 193
APPENDIX I: COMPLIMENT CARDS 202
APPENDIX II: CHOCOLATE BISCUIT CAKE RECIPE 203
APPENDIX III: RABBIT TEMPLATES 205
FOX TEMPLATES 206
RABBIT BURROW 207
APPENDIX IV: CHILD MANAGEMENT CHART 208
APPENDIX V: THE DETECTIVE AND THE SNIFFER DOG TEMPLATE 209
APPENDIX VI: ENDINGS 210
APPENDIX VII: TRAIN TEMPLATE FOR ENDINGS 211
INDEX 212