MFT650 Assessment of Couples and Families (3 cr.)Prerequisite(s): MFT605 , MFT608 , MFT616 , MFT617 , MFT618 , MFT619 , MFT620 This course examines the strengths and limitations of different assessment strategies with couples and families, including assessment based on observation, therapist/rater, family report, and interactional methods. It includes an overview of various measures and instruments used, including parent-child, family, and couple inventories.
Upon completion of this course, students are expected to be able to do the following:
- Understand the connection between ways of observing and assessing couples and families, and the underlying values and theoretical assumptions of the assessment instruments.
- Evaluate family assessment tools appropriate for families.
- Understand the legal, ethical, and clinical issues in couple and family assessment.
- Administer various instruments and feedback to participants based on results.
- Analyze the role that gender, ethnicity, race, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation play in the assessment of couples and families.
- Create interview questions based out of the MFT models to use in assessments.
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