Analysis Of Social Case Work On Domestic Violence Against Children

This paper is an exploring study about the application of narrative therapy in a case intervention of the children who suffered from domestic violence. In china, the research about women who suffered from domestic violence has made some progress, but research on domestic violence against children is relatively scarce. As one kind of family therapy, the Satir Model which is widely used in the practice of social work, including the area of marriage, young people's behavior modification and so on, has played a unique effect in the abroad. The case work in this study is following the Satir Model. Taking the process of the case intervention of the Wangs for example, according to the three stages of human identity process model,the author tracks the progress of the treatment. In the stage of relationship development, the task is to finish family diagnosis and understand current situation of family problems; In the stage of confusion, the task is to realize family reconstruction,making family members aware of the problem and make changes; in the stage of integration, the task is to strengthen the family practice and let them use new pattern in dealing with problems. After the intervention, the author calls back Mrs Wang to enquire recent developments of the family members.The feedback including the changes of the client and author's assessment result shows that the Satir Model had been helpful to the whole family. At last, the author discusses the advantages of the Satir Model to intervene domestic violence against children by comparing with the other modes, rethinks the defects of this case work and gives an expectation to the future development of the Satir Model in China.