RE: Early recognition of seriousness

["John Polstra" <JPolstra@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Could you give the full citation to the Prochaska & di Clemente summary you refer to in the e-mail below?  Is it available via the internet?

John Polstra, MSW, LCSW

YES Supervisor

Jpolstra@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

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From: DSWLFSU@xxxxxxx [mailto:DSWLFSU@xxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 6:57 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: Re: Early recognition of seriousness

 

Two thoughts occur to me about this:
1) I think there is a great need to build into assessments and subsequent
family work the Prochaska/diClemente model of change which i think isn't as
central to practice as it should be. There's a summary of this work in the
Reader accompanying the new Framework
2) I believe that all case files should have a Critical Incident File at the
front of the file so that all incidents of note can be put down and this,
freed from all the vast accumulation of detail that files inevitably gather,
can give a readily available overview of the pattern of events. A particular
inquiry into a child death in Sheffield a few years ago argued this point
very persuasively.

David Saltiel
Service Manager
West Leeds Family Service Units
Tel: 0113-275-7600
email: dswlfsu@xxxxxxx

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From: John Polstra
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: RE: motivational interviewing
Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 12:46:01 -0500
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Just one quick comment on the choices available to parents involved with
CPS. Families are referred to CPS for all sorts of reasons and with varying
levels of severity of abuse. Some forms of abuse require immediate removal
and a case plan that requires the parents to perform certain tasks before
reunification can occur. Thus, limiting the options available to the family
involved. However, families who commit some form of low-level abuse that
does not involve an immediate life-threatening injury or who have come to
the attention of CPS for the first time may have a wide range of options
available to them. Whether families perceive those "options" to be options
has a great deal to do with the caseworker-client relationship. This is
where motivational interviewing can be very helpful in engaging families in
a process of examining and pursuing options available to them and at the
same time preventing the frustration and burn-out that many caseworkers feel
when they encounter "resistant" families.

John Polstra, MSW, LCSW
YES Supervisor
Jpolstra@xxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Andrew Percy [mailto:a.percy@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2001 3:38 AM
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
Subject: RE: motivational interviewing

Sean

While the basic tenet of Bill Miller's work - that denial is a
process created by client/therapist interactions and not a
personality trait or defense mechanism of the client - is likely
to apply across a wide range of human services I am unsure of
how transferable motivational interviewing will be from the
addiction field into CW.


MINT assumes that specific cognitive structures underpins the
addictive behaviour and by reshaping these, motivation for
behaviour change can be improved. However, our knowledge of
the cognitive processes underlying child maltreatment or poor
parenting are less well developed. For example, MINT requires an
increase in self-efficacy. It is my understanding that the
empirical research on parenting self-efficacy or self-efficacy
and child maltreatment is limited. I am uncertain as to what
techniques are required to improve parenting self-efficacy and
how effective they are. Are they the same as those presented in
the addictive behaviour model of MINT?

Also, MINT assumes that the decision to change is the
responsibility of the client, that the client has real choices,
and accessible and effective means of behaviour change can be
offered. Within CW this may not always be the case, rather
protection plans may be required, in which the client has little
choice. I am not sure how this effects MINT.

However, I do agree with the point that there is a tremendous
potential within MINT for CW service. However, more research is
need regarding the translation of MINT into the CW setting.


On Tue, 15 May 2001 08:21:59 -0400 "Hill, Sean"
wrote:

> I've only found one reference to MINT and cw. I think there is a
tremendous
> amount of potential in applying MINT to child welfare cases where
compliance
> with protective plans is a problem and understanding why those who
> "maltreat" cannot/will not change.
>
> Hohman, M.M. (1998). Motivational interviewing: An intervention tool for
> child welfare case workers working with substance-abusing parents. Child
> Welfare, 77, 275-289.
>
>
>
> Sean Wolf Hill, MS LPCC
> Intersystem Coordinator
> http://www.co.greene.oh.us/fcf/fsp.htm
> Family Stability Program
> http://www.co.greene.oh.us/fcf/
> Greene County Family and Children First Dept
> http://www.wright.edu/~shill/index.htm
> 937.562.5607p
> 937.562.5601f
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Julia H. Littell [mailto:jlittell@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 12:10 PM
> To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
> Subject: motivational interviewing
>
>
> Have there been any controlled trials of motivational interviewing other
> than in Project MATCH? (In that study, there were no clear advantages of
> "motivational enhancement" and no treatment matching effects based on
> initial motivation.) Are there any studies of MI in child welfare samples?
> What is its potential for the child maltreatment field?
>

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Andrew Percy
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The Centre for Child Care Research
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