Family Assessment Paper
Order Description
using a structure based on one of the theoretical frameworks covered in the course:
Multi-generational
Human validation
Structural
Cognitive-behavioral
Solution-focused
Narrative
Assess how issues impact the Hispanic family (Mother and Father and three children – 2 boys and 1 girl)
Provide your critical reflection of practice competencies and its multicultural practice application
Construct a genogram and an ecomap of the family.
Discuss the following and organize your family assessment paper as follows:
Prepare your interview questions by including the following aspects:
Family background and impacts of family issues: Briefly provide the family background, and discuss how Hispanic family issues affect individuals and other family members’ social and psychological functioning (attach both genogram and ecomap as appendix)
The types and quality of relationships depicted in the genogram and the ecomap
The stage of the family life cycle (see Bitter, 2014, pp. 450-451)
The strengths and vulnerabilities of the Hispanic family
Cultural elements: What are the effects that ethnicity and diversity have on the family, within the family, and its environmental systems (i.e. common characteristics, values about seeking help, the impact of race, class, religion, gender roles, historical factors).