The Family-Focused Interview: A Collaborative Mechanism for Family Assessment and Goal-Setting
- 1 July 1988
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of the Division for Early Childhood
- Vol. 12 (3), 195-207
- https://doi.org/10.1177/105381518801200301
Abstract
This article provides a rationale for and description of the family-focused interview, a collaborative mechanism for family assessment and goal-setting in early intervention. Included are a description of skills believed necessary to conduct an effective interview and examples of the impact of the interview on interventionists and goals that are set for families and children.Keywords
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