Disruptive Family Therapy

As it has been proven environmentally that home life affects a child, if one is diagnosed with a disorder both a child and parent should be able to receive treatment. Stressors in a family such as violence, divorce, poverty, and neglect can all cause emotional trauma in children that leads to disorders such as depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, and many more. An unstable home life is not something that can be cured through the child, but through the family dimension. All children deserve a place they that they can feel safe and make their own, which is why we need address this issue and make treatment accessible to parents. Parents who raise a disabled child becomes a complex situation because it is hard to tell which families have genuine intentions and which families are not adequate themselves to raise them, or even do it for malicious intentions such as financial gain or abuse. It would be too time consuming to investigate each and every situation in court, which is why it is important for schools and doctors to always be alert for red flags. If a child born with mental retardation and other comorbid disorders is suggested to family therapy and the mother or father disagrees without any valid reason that should be enough evidence for a trail. In class we discussed a case about a 6 year old child with autism …show more content…
It is an extremely difficult topic to find a solution for because there are so many gray areas and each case is so different. Parents who have a history of child abuse, drug abuse, delinquency, or extreme violence should not be able to raise a disabled child without intensive monitoring and family