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Whole Family Is Involved: In the treatment of emotionally disturbed children the whole family is involved. Ideally they should move forward together toward a better adjustment. The case of the Smith family illustrates this family-centered approach :
The father wanted his seven-year-old boy to compare favorably with other children—to be a credit to him. He was much more concerned about the child's achievement than about the child as a person. Despite evidence to the contrary, the father believed that the child was of normal intelligence and that his abilities had not been developed. It was clear that the father had a strong need to have a child of whom he could be proud. He could not accept the fact that his child was below average.
The main findings were not unexpected. Every parent interviewed had heard about the school scheme from teachers or their children, and were making an effort to hear their children read at home. It was always the mother who heard the child regularly (at least three times a week), although all the fathers participated. In all but one family others, including older brothers and sisters, grandparents and close family friends, were involved. The parents also said that they had positive regular contact with the school.
There is no easy rule of thumb for a child welfare worker to use in deciding between individual foster family homes and family care or some form of specialized group care. Nor are there clear-cut "rules" for helping the child and adults involved to make full use of the substitute care opportunity. Years of training and experience plus special sensitivity are required. People of this kind with skills and knowledge needed to provide or supervise such services are in short supply. Good foster care facilities of all kinds are also lacking and there is a particular need for facilities for the growing numbers of already seriously damaged children for whom neither family nor community has yet been able to provide adequate service.
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