QUESTION 3- 725 WORDS DRAFT
The final stages of the Psychic Crisis model following from adaptation is orientation and adjustment. Once parents have accepted that their child has a problem, blame becomes subsidised and thats when they are said to be coping. Organising, actively seeking help and information and planning for the future is seen as orientation. In the Consumer Model (Cunningham & Davis, 1985), it is explained the parent is given a more energetic role. Parents will be carrying out alternative solutions suggested by the professional who can then decide which treatment can be most effective for the child. The professional’s role is collect information from the caregiver about the child meaning they have to listen to worries, questions, complaints, aims and opinions from the parents in order to give beneficial proposes for the child’s future treatment and developmental plans. The aim of the professional is to consult the parents at any given opportunity and give the family necessary knowledge. Professionals do not loose ‘authority’ and status because they remain in a considerable position but a major difference with the expert model compared to the Empowerment model is that parents are now considered as having a different expertise from the professional, bringing in the decision-making process information. An advantage of the model is that the child is considered as an individual. The professional takes in every need and view of the family and child into consideration including socio-economic, cultural and religious needs in order to decide which solution is more compatible to
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It is also anticipated that you will include if the if the stages of Psychic crisis are linear and if all family members equally experience these stages of crisis at the same