Selecting an Evidence-Based Change Strategy Document This document will include five major sections. Each section is detailed below: Also attached are documents needed to use and reference to complete

Selecting an Evidence-Based Change Strategy Document

This purpose of this document is to show you how to format the narrative portion of the Family Lab Packet.

Brief Introduction

In one paragraph, state to which family you belong and describe the family’s problem on which you will focus the remainder of this paper.

Literature Review of Possible Change Strategies

Literature Search Tactics (approximately 1 paragraph)

Using the TU library, I typed the key words (“family therapy” or “family counseling”) and (“divorce” or “separation”) into PsychInfo and received 250 hits. When I typed the same keywords into Social Work Abstracts, I received 80 hits. When I typed the same keywords into the Cochrane Library, I received 677,429 hits. When I typed the same keywords into Google Scholar, I received 1,390 hits. [Please note that you will also want to search for “practice guidelines.”]

Evaluation of the Evidence

List of Evidence-Based Change Strategies (approximately 10 articles)

When I scanned through all of the hits I received during my literature search, I noticed that several treatment modalities kept recurring. These modalities and exemplar articles are listed below. [Please note that these are fictitious therapies and articles! You will need to do the work to find the real ones! The names will show up in the abstracts or in the articles.]

Creative Family Therapy:

Draine, J. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 103(7), 123-150.

Mauro, L. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 103(7), 111-122.

Singer, J. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 103(7), 92-110.

Kinesiological Family Therapy:

Carson, L. (2012). Article title. Journal title, 6(4), 301-305.

Meteorological Family Therapy:

Brotherton, S. (2012). Article title. Journal title, 39(11), 278-299.

Pfeffer, A. (2012). Article title. Journal title, 22(4), 17-25.

Socio-Political Family Therapy:

Corbin, J. (2010). Article title. Journal title, 61(9), 1-15.

Friedman, L. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 12(4), 75-83.

Sands-Carson, T. (2012). Article title. Journal title, 61(9), 16-30.

Rutledge, S. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 49(1), 99-105.

Tough Love Family Therapy:

Eyrich-Garg, K.M. (2011). Article title. Journal title, 152(4), 99-105.

Zoological Family Therapy:

Dewane, C. (2012). Article title. Journal title, 78(6), 13-28.

Mills, D. (2010). Article title. Journal title, 45(12), 65-71.

Summary of the State of the Evidence (approximately 2-4 pages)

A brief review of the evidence for (or against) each treatment modality listed above is provided below. [Think about the following questions when completing this 2-4 page review. Does the treatment work? What types of outcomes occur? Who does the treatment work for? Who does the treatment not work for? How strong is the evidence (case studies or pre-experimental designs or quasi-experimental designs or true experimental designs)?]

Creative Family Therapy:

Research shows that Creative Family Therapy is helpful for families who are going through the process of divorce (Mauro, 2011; Singer, 2011). It has been shown to increase communication within the parental unit (Mauro, 2011) and to decrease stress in children (Singer, 2011). Draine’s comprehensive literature review (2011) reports that Creative Family Therapy has been tested and shown to be effective with low-income and moderate-income populations as well as with Caucasians, African Americans, and Latinos. However, it has been less helpful with American Indian and immigrant populations (Draine, 2011). Although there have been no randomized controlled trials of Creative Family Therapy, comparison groups have been used in the research, which increases the scientific community’s confidence in the findings.

Kinesiological Family Therapy:

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Meterological Family Therapy:

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Socio-Political Family Therapy:

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Tough Love Family Therapy:

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Zoological Family Therapy:

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Justification for Selection of Change Strategy

Justification for Selection of Change Strategy (1-2 paragraphs)

It is clear from the Summary of the Evidence that Creative Family Therapy has the strongest scientific support behind it. However, the family with whom I am working has immigrated within the past 6 months to the United States. Because this therapy is not necessarily helpful for this population, I will opt for the “next best” option. Socio-Political Family Therapy has the next best scientific evidence and has been shown to be helpful with immigrant populations.

Description of Selected Change Strategy

General Description of Selected Change Strategy (approximately 2 pages)

Provide a general description here.

Specific Description of the Details/Steps to Be Taken (approximately 1 page)

Specifically, how would you implement this treatment with the family?

Evaluation of Selected Change Strategy (approximately 2-3 paragraphs)

Describe how you will know if your intervention worked? How will you know if your family got better, got worse, or stayed the same?