Family Assessment
Maria Sanchez a 24 year old Hispanic lesbian, was currently interviewed in the household, but her significant other Susan was not- I have the attached the
interview between her and I - I have also attached a Vignette on the client i interviewed for you to look at and utilize- Please use both attachment when
putting together this paper. Please create a small, but brief genogram close to the end of the paper to show Maria family structure anyway you like-
Purpose
The purposes of this assignment are to:
Interview a family using a structure based on one of the theoretical frameworks;- I have already done this for you- This will be attached-
Assess how issues impact the Hispanic family system based on a selected model;
Instructions
There are two parts to this assignment: a family interview and an assessment paper.
Cover the following:
Mum-generational
Human validation
Structural
Cognitive-behavioral
Solution-focused
Narrative
The interview aims to collect information for this paper,
DO NOT provide any actual treatment and intervention-
Notes:
Then, in this paper-
Assess how issues impact the Hispanic family system based on the selected mode
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:
I - Assessment
Prepare your interview questions by including the following aspects: Please provide question and answer on separate page from
1- 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)
2- The types and quality of relationships depicted in the genogram and the ecomap
3- The stage of the family life cycle (see Bitter, 2014, pp- 450-451)
4- The strengths and vulnerabilities of the Hispanic family
5- 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, and historical factors)-
II - Personal & Professional Critical Reflection
A critical reflection of practice competencies (e-g-, any insights gained in applying the selected theoretical framework for assessing the family) and
multicultural practice application - particularly in Hispanic culture based on the experience of the interview and this assignment-