1) Assessment in Marriage and Family Therapy

What is assessment? What role does assessment play in the field of MFT? How will assessment be integrated into your professional identity and practice as a couple and family therapist?

Read Lavee and Avisar (2006), “Use of Standardized Assessment Instruments in Couple Therapy: The Role of Attitudes and Professional Factors,” and discuss your own attitudes and professional factors that influence your views of assessment. What role does assessment play in your future career as a couple and family therapist?
(PDF linked below)

2)Applying Legal and Ethical Guidelines to Children and Adolescents

Using the information from the materials in this unit, the code of ethics from AAMFT, your state of residence, and the Ethical and Legal Scenarios interactive exercise (all linked in the Resources), consider the following case example:

Case Example

State: Flordia
AAMFT: https://www.aamft.org/Legal_Ethics/Code_of_Ethics.aspx