ABCX

The ABCX model, by Hill, is something we use in our class to help families understand the events or crises that arise in life. The model is there to help not only identify what the crisis is in detail, but also identifies the resources and thought processes of the family to sum up the total experience towards overcoming the crisis.

The A is the actual event or the crisis event. The B is both the resources and responses of the family to the actual event. The C is the cognition or the thought processes that the family now has as a response to the crisis and resources, and all these together sum up the total experience being X.

If a person or family encounters a crisis it will rock them if they aren't prepared. However, this ABCX model has the power and capability to prepare ourselves and families to be able to overcome hardships and trials. I believe families can overcome anything if they can find the strength within each member of the family to in turn strengthen the family as a whole.