1. Social Learning/Cognitive Family Therapy
Emphasis on learning and performance of skills and related belief systems

2. Promotes Resiliency by
Addressing the risk factors related to belief systems, family coping strategies, and family interaction patterns
Supporting protective factors by addressing belief systems and organizational patterns, and offering role models

3. Promotes resiliency con’t
Belief systems-replace negative beliefs with a sense of self-efficacy, beliefs that promote use of appropriate coping strategies, promoting hope and courage, addressing negative beliefs from the past, allowing people to access sources of help

4. Theoretical Background
Basic Themes
learn new skills,
perform more effective behaviors
modify beliefs

5. Major Tenets Behavior is learned
People learn from social context how people behave and how others are likely to respond
Belief systems influence learning and performance of behavior
Individuals behave to maximize rewards
The behaviors that people demonstrate are the productss of their learning context
People anticipate that the behavior that they demonstrate will accomplish for them—this applies as much to the suicide bomber as to the person who works hard for a raise
This anticipation is based on their own experience of those of their models (vicarious reinforcement).Behavior is thus logical within the context
Consistent and immediate reinforcement is effective in influencing behavior. Inconsistent reinforcement is effective in maintaining behavior.
Educationing clients about the process of learning and performance and the role of belief systems is valuable

6. Theoretical Background
Began with the behaviorist tradition that examined how behavior is promoted through reinforcement system (contingencies)
Operant conditioning model of voluntary behavior --positive —increase, negative— increase, punishment-decrease, extinguish— decrease after initial increase
Contingency contracting with couples

7. Theoretical framework con’t
Social learning paradigm—examined how behavior is learned as well performed
Role of the modeling process as a way of learning behavior,
Importance of the thoughts of the individual in terms of the learning and performing process
Expectancies influence performance
Self-efficacy—belief can carryout behavior

8. Theoretical Framework con’t
Cognitive theory paradigm—examine role of belief systems that influence behavior—
shaped by family, culture, individual experiences
Social learning-Cognitive inherently a positive model—if a person can learn one behavior, can learn another more positive one

9. Goals of Treatment
promote family functioning by helping members learn appropriate skills,
promote a motivation system that encourages members to perform behavior that meets the needs of family members,
address the belief systems that foster effective behavior by family members

10. Parents as teachers for their children –setting patterns for the next generation

11. Role of the Family Counselor
Coach
Help learn new behavior, opportunities for practice, offer feedback, and motivates to perform
Provides a model of new skills, helps modify cognitions to promote learning and performance

12. Assessment Identify is issue in the area of Lack of appropriate skills
Motivation (why bother?)
Signaling system (who me?)
Beliefs (not my job)
Value of joint effort with family

13. Treatment Process Build on the identified nature of the problem
Identify positive changes
Strategize for success
Realistic, specific, positive
Educate the family about the learning process
Help family members develop needed new skills
Build on ways to generalize new skills
Help families reinforce positive behavior

14. Social Learning/Cognitive
Applications
Parent child relationships
Parents helped to learn new skills and ways to reinforce them
Communication skills –verbal and nonverbal
Issue of anger control
Problem solving