Activity 1-2:
Revisit!
Review! Revise!



Purpose: To understand how the family partnership agreement process changes, grows, and develops over time.

Preparation: For this activity you will need:

  1. Introduce the activity. Explain the importance of revisiting, reviewing, and revising. Make the following points:

    • Revisit! Review! and Revise! can involve:

      • Reassessing the family's strengths, needs, challenges, and supports;

      • Re-evaluating and modifying plans with the family;

      • Renewing the family partnership;
      • Following up with the family to determine whether the kind, quality, and timeliness of services received met its expectations, needs, and circumstances;
      • Reviewing the family's progress;
      • Providing support to help the family overcome challenges and setbacks;
      • Identify ring and reinforcing family achievements; and
      • Celebrating success.
    • As the family grows and develops, the partnership evolves into one that requires more or less contact depending on the changing desires and needs of the family.
    • Family members are regarded as experts about their family, while staff serve as resources for supporting the family.
  2. Conduct a small group exercise. Distribute handout 3. Have participants form three small groups and assign each group one of the topics listed on the handout. Tell the groups that they have 20 minutes to work on the task. Make sure each group appoints a recorder (to record the group's results on newsprint) and a reporter (to share the results with the large group).
  3. Debrief the exercise. Reconvene the large group after 20 minutes. Have the reporters read their assignment, then share their groups' ideas and strategies. After each group has reported, encourage members of the large group to add their own ideas/strategies.
  4. Close the activity. Reinforce that revisiting, reviewing, and revising are essential to supporting the ongoing family partnership agreement process.


    BACK