What is the benefit of using the goals of misbehavior approach to family counseling?
a) Telling the family why a child misbehaves gives the family the opportunity to adjust its approach to the child so that the misbehavior no longer gets the desired results.
b) The goals are merely conceptualizations that are used to formulate questions to explore whether or not they are true.
c) Telling a child why he or she misbehaves in a certain way, focusing on the present, provides the opportunity to discuss other means of getting what the child wants.
d) It shifts the power in the family to the expert so that the counselor can help them.
e) Goals of misbehavior are terms used in the research process so that family therapists can come up with more effective interventions.
Answer: c
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