Working with Families After Sexual Abuse Has Occurred (OT163)

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1. True or False? Family therapy is not an option, it is necessary.

a. True

b. False

2. Which of the following are reasons as to why family therapy is important?

a. Children exist within a system

b. Therapy assists in change, the family will need to maintain it

c. Generational shifts may be required for generational issues

d. All of the above

3. ____ initiates the more formal work of reunification.

a. Reconciliation

b. Clarification

c. Reunification

d. Guilt

4. There are ____ main barriers to family engagement.

a. 2

b. 3

c. 4

d. 6

5. True or False? Many adolescents will not go back to family.

a. True

b. False

6. Which of the following are responsibilities of the client?

a. Why they made the decision to harm

b. What they have learned about the impact

c. Feeling guilty of actions

d. Both a. and b.

7. Treatment presented a punitive vs helpful is a ____ barrier to family engagement.

a. Cultural

b. Systematic

c. Emotional

d. Moral

8. True or False? Removing the abuser from the family may misplace guilt on the person harmed for “breaking up the family”.

a. True

b. False

9. Which of the following is true of working with families after sexual abuse has occurred?

a. The family is developing a new normal

b. There will be barriers

c. The family is grieving

d. All of the above

10. Which of the following is NOT a precondition of victim clarification?

a. The adolescent and parents should demonstrate the ability to discuss abuse related events openly

b. The adolescent should have made additional progress in therapy as indicated by genuine acceptance that re-offense is possible and knowledge of steps to prevent it

c. The victim and siblings should not be aware of the risk of re-offense

d. The caregiver should be willing and able to discuss deviant impulses and re-offense related risk situations with their teenager