Essential Skills for Social Practice

Submit a 2- to 3-page paper in which you further analyze a family system. Support your analysis by using the Kirst-Ashman and Hull text to do the following:

• Describe the structure of a family.
• Identify the strengths in the family.
• Explain where in the life cycle this family is located and how that may influence family dynamics.
• Describe the specific roles of two family members, and explain if the various roles work well together for the benefit of this family.
• Explain how understanding the family’s challenges will help a social worker working with this family.
• Analyze this family using systems theory or the ecological perspective.