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A) Introduction understanding of your family unit and its internal dynamics
The family unit is one of the most valuable social systems, as it is the foundation of relationships that connects people throughout their lifetime. The following provides a snapshot of my family unit as well as related background information. I have a family that consists of five members including me, which are my husband, and my three sons. Moving to America from a foreign country can be a stressful experience. Many kinds of people come to the city of Houston. People and students come to Houston for different purposes. My family commitments were to get a better education for my sons in the US even though my husband is mostly absent due to his work overseas. As a single mother, it is my duty to make sure to support and help my children to maintain their unique way. I have raised my family of three sons with equal care and attention. Despite my efforts to make them share the same thoughts, my children are totally different in their characters and behaviors. My oldest son is a mature and responsible person, as he would never ignore important work. Also, he is socially dominant and extremely conscientious. He is a natural leader personality. Sometimes I feel that he is taking my role as a mom for his younger siblings. He takes care of them and gives them some personal advice. Currently, he is studying and working. My middle son is so smart at school especially in science. He is excellent in his education and always on a high honor role. His dream is becoming a doctor in the future, and he is presently getting some work experience in optometry office. My youngest son is the baby of the family, and he had an immigration case that significantly impacted on his work. Thankfully, he is a legal citizen now.
So, my major social system consists of family, school, work, Husband’s work, Immigration legal services agencies and culture.
I would describe the connection for some of my major social systems as a strong connection because not only are they important to me, but they are related with the same patterns, common values, and beliefs. There are some common and different patterns. Starting with my husband I have a strong connection with him. But I have a weak connection with his work since it is overseas most of the time and I would love for him to find a job in the US. I have a strong relationship with my 3 sons. My oldest and middle one has jobs. They have a strong connection with their work. My youngest one, on the other hand, had a weak relationship with immigration, leading her to not being able to work and drive. I also have a strong relationship with my culture religion and community. However, my sons have a stressful relationship with my culture and community, as they would prefer to adapt to the American society which is different to my own traditions.
B) Theoretical Perspectives Section (4 pages) two different theoretical perspectives covered in this class + Metaphors + highlight the strengths and weaknesses of your family
Explanation: this section is just like applying the appliance theory to a case study assignment that we did where you're going to be looking at your family unit and identifying two of those theories the ecological, the personal environment, the systems. As you describe the perspectives and as you're looking at your family it aligns and everything makes sense and flows together and that's where the metaphors come in after that.
1- Ecological Theory: we can talk about this theory
+2 metaphors
2- Psychodynamic Theory: we can talk about this theory +2 metaphors
C) The final section (2 pages) one (1) problematic family-system interaction and I want to talk about my husband’s absence due to his work overseas and the consequences
Explanation: so, for this section: what is the intervention, the type of intervention, the goals information and then other relevant resources.
so we do need at least 6 APA cited journals because we've talked about how
if we are going to be doing an intervention that there's a huge major issue or problem such: the family wants to spend more time together and the intervention is along the lines of how is the family unit going to be doing such as more vacation or more leisure time or something like that. Also, why are we doing this and that's
where those APA cited journals and that research comes back that we say if a family takes time and does self-care there's less stress and anxiety. That's something we talk about especially as social workers quite often
but what is the research and the basics and the backing for that
we need to make sure that we are supporting what our intervention is and then what it's looking at.
References (6 APA cited journal) articles from peer-reviewed
PsycINFO, PubMed, EBSCO, etc.), state and federal websites,
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A)
Introduction
understanding of your family unit and its internal dynamics
T
he family unit is one of the most valuable social systems, as it is the foundation of
relationships that connects people throughout their lifetime. The following provides a
snapshot of my family unit as well as related background information. I have a family
that consists of five members including me, which are my husband, and my three
sons
.
Moving to America from a foreign country can be a stressful experience. Many kin
ds of
people come to the city of Houston. People and students come to Houston for different
purposes. My family commitments were to get a better education for my
sons
in the US
even though my husband is mostly absent due to his work overseas. As a sin
gle mother, it
is my duty to make sure to support and help my children to maintain their unique way. I
have raised my family of three
sons
with equal care and attention. Despite my efforts to
make them share the same thoughts, my children are totally
different in their characters
and behaviors. My oldest
son
is a mature and responsible person, as
he would never
ignore important work. Also,
he is socially dominant and extremely conscientious.
H
e is
a natural leader personality. Sometimes I feel
that
he is taking my role as a mom for h
is
younger siblings.
H
e takes care of them and gives them some personal advice. Currently,
he is studying and working. My middle
son
is so smart at school especially in science.
H
e
is excellent in h
is
educat
ion and always on a high honor role. H
is
dream is becoming a
doctor in the future, and
he is presently getting some work experience in optometry
office. My youngest
son
is the baby of the family, and
he ha
d
an immigration case that
significantly imp
acted on h
i
s work
.
Thankfully, h
e is a legal citizen
now.
So, my major social system co
nsists of family,
s
chool, work, Husband’s work,
Immigration
legal services agencies
and culture
.
I would describe the connection for some of my major social systems as a strong
connection because not only are they important to me, but they are re
lated with the same
patterns, common values, and beliefs. There are some common and different patterns.
Starting with my husband
I
have
a
strong
connection
with
him.
But
I
have
a
weak
connection
with
his
work
since
it
is
overseas
most
of
the
time
and
I
wou
ld
love
for
him
to
find
a
job
in
the
US.
I
have
a
strong
relationship
with
my
3
sons
.
My
oldest
and
middle
one
has
jobs.
They
have
a
strong
connection
with
their
work.
My
youngest
one,
on
the
other
hand,
ha
d
a
weak
relationship
with
immigration,
lead
ing
her
to
not
being
able
to
work
and
drive.
I
also
have
a
strong
relationship
with
my
culture
religion
and
community.
However,
my
sons
have
a
stressful
relationship
with
my
culture
and
community,
as
they
would
prefer
to
adapt
to
the
American
society
wh
i
ch
is
different
to
my
own
traditions
.
Please note this is a story I came up with to be able to do this assignment.
A) Introduction understanding of your family unit and its internal dynamics
The family unit is one of the most valuable social systems, as it is the foundation of
relationships that connects people throughout their lifetime. The following provides a
snapshot of my family unit as well as related background information. I have a family
that consists of five members including me, which are my husband, and my three sons.
Moving to America from a foreign country can be a stressful experience. Many kinds of
people come to the city of Houston. People and students come to Houston for different
purposes. My family commitments were to get a better education for my sons in the US
even though my husband is mostly absent due to his work overseas. As a single mother, it
is my duty to make sure to support and help my children to maintain their unique way. I
have raised my family of three sons with equal care and attention. Despite my efforts to
make them share the same thoughts, my children are totally different in their characters
and behaviors. My oldest son is a mature and responsible person, as he would never
ignore important work. Also, he is socially dominant and extremely conscientious. He is
a natural leader personality. Sometimes I feel that he is taking my role as a mom for his
younger siblings. He takes care of them and gives them some personal advice. Currently,
he is studying and working. My middle son is so smart at school especially in science. He
is excellent in his education and always on a high honor role. His dream is becoming a
doctor in the future, and he is presently getting some work experience in optometry
office. My youngest son is the baby of the family, and he had an immigration case that
significantly impacted on his work. Thankfully, he is a legal citizen now.
So, my major social system consists of family, school, work, Husband’s work,
Immigration legal services agencies and culture.
I would describe the connection for some of my major social systems as a strong
connection because not only are they important to me, but they are related with the same
patterns, common values, and beliefs. There are some common and different patterns.
Starting with my husband I have a strong connection with him. But I have a weak
connection with his work since it is overseas most of the time and I would love for him to
find a job in the US. I have a strong relationship with my 3 sons. My oldest and middle
one has jobs. They have a strong connection with their work. My youngest one, on the
other hand, had a weak relationship with immigration, leading her to not being able to
work and drive. I also have a strong relationship with my culture religion and community.
However, my sons have a stressful relationship with my culture and community, as they
would prefer to adapt to the American society which is different to my own traditions.
