Lalee's Kin Essay

While watching the film “Lalee’s Kin”, I gather as much information needed to be able to help assess this families concerns. Information that include the Lalee’s family economic status, in which they were living in poverty coming from a background of sharecroppers and slavery. Some addition information I retain about Lalee’s family, was their educational status, which Lalee only had a six grade education. Lalee’s family demographics, which Lalee had three grandchildren living with her and her own children. The environment they live in was the delta in Mississippi and this area was a rural and poor.
Assessment
The clear and presenting problem with Lalee’s family is poverty. Lalee’s family does not have the proper clothing, the proper food or shelter, no jobs, the worst education and a large family that need many resources. By understanding that Lalee’s immediate family are all affected by their socio-economic status, I would plan to assess the whole family. Coming for a background of slavery and sharecropping, Lalee’s family intellectual function and occupational is minimum. Although, Lalee’s and her family may have many weaknesses like poverty, lack of education, lack of jobs, and etc. Lalee and her family also has many strengths like unity, she can cook, she is also good with children, …show more content…
Lalee’s went from being happy about the new apartment to being sad about the lights not being on, the water not running, and the infestation of rats. Lalee also had a lot of pressure from her children, grandchildren, the school system, her economic status, and etc. In identifying this I realized that Ms. Lalee may suffer from adjustments disorder 309.0 with a Depressed Mood and also Major depressive Disorder 296.32 Moderate. Although Lalee states that it could be worst and thanks god for the blessings she also stated that she wish she could just leave all the different issue and go