For almost any child, the
family is the first context within which all development occurs.
After family, typical comes
school, religious organizations and support (for some), peers, culture, and
environment.
To assure you are optimizing
the context within the family, consider:
1. Was
information gathered about the child/youth in context of the family? This would include the natural environment
and natural routine. Observation may be
included if possible, but understand, behavior often changes when being
observed. Be aware of the “Hawthorne
Effect.”
http://weight-lossnewsandresearch.blogspot.com/2018/06/hawthorne-effect.html (Behavior often changes while being observed.)
2. Have you,
are you carefully, and demonstratively listening to: comments, concerns, and
observations, by parents/guardians?
Understand that sometimes, in somethings, parents can be
right and know more about their child than you.
3. Are plans,
goals, objectives, written in language easy for the parent/guardian to
understand?
4. Is the
family a full partner in the plan?
5. Whenever
possible is the child/youth a full or to the degree possible, partial and active
partner in the plan?
6. Are
outcomes meaningful and practical for the child/youth and family?
7. Even when
there is a behavior you wish to diminish or eliminate, have you included what
you want the child/youth to do? What is the replacement behavior?
8. Be careful
about ascribing motivation to parents/guardians. Sometimes we do not even fully understand our
own underlying motivations. You can
collect data, you can work to influence, but understanding “why” can be very
elusive.
9. Be a good
partner with everyone involved.
Be considerate. Don’t assume.
This book, like a well
written objective, was meant to be parsimonious. Hopefully, like a well written objective, it
is also helpful.
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