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Assignment

To Prepare: Watch the Southside Community Services video found in the Learning Resource, and pay close attention to family dynamics between the mother and daughter, such as verbal and nonverbal language, communication patterns, and problems.

Submit a 5 to 7 pages paper that includes the following:

A. Using the outline provided in the Learning Resources, write an assessment of the family.

B. Identify a minimum of three problems in the family. Translate the problem into needs, and identify one goal you would establish with the family to address this need.

C. Describe the interventions you would select to help them achieve their goal(s) and identify a community resource that provides those services. This section of your paper should be 2 to 3 pages.

D. This paper should be in a narrative form, should incorporate the subheadings provided in the outline, should be double-spaced, and should follow APA guidelines.

Family Assessment Outline

Family Description: This section of the paper is to identify important information about the family with which you are working. It is a written description of the family and its situation. This section will "paint a picture" for other professionals reading this report.

A. Individual Characteristics: Names, ethnicity, genders, ages, and relationship of each person living in the home.

B. Social Support and Current Living Arrangements: Describe this family's relationships with others, including extended family, friends, neighbors, community involvement, and social institutions. Then describe current living arrangements. Be specific (house, apartment, city, rural, low income, middle class, etc.).

C. Family Characteristics: What is the family's socioeconomic status? What are the family members' occupations, school grades, personality traits, leisure activities, religious affiliation, cultural, and/or ethnic considerations? Identify the family's strengths and resources.

D. Family Dynamics: Describe how family members interact with each other. How do they communicate? Are there areas of conflict? Who does all or most of the talking? Who is ignored? Identify family roles, power structure and problem solving abilities.

E. Family Genogram: Create a family genogram.

F. Presenting Problems: Identify three areas of concern based on your observations of the family.

G. Prioritize the problems: Identifying the one you feel is the most pressing and serious threat to adequate family functioning. Be specific. Describe specific behaviors and how they are problematic for the family.