The Acruit Family: Ethical Issues In The Jacques Family

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Final Project Donna Garrison Walden University Final Project Everyday numerous families find themselves in positions where their families have gone through some type of turmoil. Transitions throughout the lifecycle are both expected and normal for all individuals and families. It becomes problematic when members of these families cannot communicate effectively and the families become stagnant in their chaos and cannot seem to move forward, in any, manner, to resolve the inappropriate behaviors being exhibited within their family system. This paper will focus on the Jacques family and assess their issues both as a family system and individually to develop an ethical plan to address their issues. The Jacques Family Mr. and Mrs. Jacques moved to the Unites States, with Samuel, from the Bahamas, approximately eleven years ago. She stated that Samuel was a child from a sexual assault and she had him due to her religious beliefs. Mr. Jacques had promised to accept him as his own. She is currently the mother of five children, who are all displaying different behavioral issues. Her husband is abusing alcohol, using drugs and is emotionally abusive. He was diagnosed as bipolar with psychotic symptoms. He does not take his medication on a consistent basis which causes problematic behavior. They have had periods of good times where Mr. Jacques was working and providing for the family. They have lived in their own home and were evicted due to Mr. Jacques inability to provide for the family due to his alcohol and substance abuse. The family was displaced into homeless shelters, due to their eviction, and were placed in transitional housing. Following placement in transitional housing Mrs. Jacques’ problems becam... ... middle of paper ... ...es that have a direct correlation to the maladaptive behaviors the family members and family system is exhibiting. Assessment Techniques The assessments that will be utilized for the Jacques family is observation, input from members of the interdisciplinary team, since the behaviors are not only at home within the family system, utilization of the Structural Family Systems Ratings measure (Kazdin, 1993; 1994). The observation phase should take place in the family home so that they will be as comfortable as possible. This will allow the counselor to observe the family in their own environment and the behaviors that occur when the family is together. The counselor should remain diligent in observing the interactions between all the family members as this could be indicative of their family system’s strengths and negative patterns of behavior (Thomlison, 2010).

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