Protective Factors Of My Family

While many of my siblings look to me for advice, other express some resentment. When individual protective factors aren’t incorporated there is a sense of cohesion within the family. However, I have one brother that sometimes expresses that he does not feel a sense of belonging within the family, but his actions show cohesion and a sense of belonging. My younger brother, is always trying to compete with everything like material things and knowledge. He is very intelligent and has a wide range of knowledge about many subjects, but his competitiveness only worsens his cohesion to the family. Our family has had many times where we had displayed our cohesion. Whenever one of us achieves an accomplishment, we are all there to support. When …show more content…
Throughout my family, every member seems to either strong social skills or problem solving abilities. These skills contribute to the growth of the family. As a family protective family, we all help each other cope. A protective factor that has been generational is sense of humor. My family uses our sense of humor especially for coping. Whenever our family is facing grief, trouble, or stress we use our sense of humor as a coping mechanism. My family is a firm believer in “laughter is the best medicine”. Apart of our familial resilience that help provide regulation and stability is the common use of routines. Routines often brings us much comport and is vital protective factor. Fortunately, adequate housing and adequate income is a protective factor for my family. None of my family struggles with homelessness or adequate housing. Although there have been many career shifts within my family, everyone is …show more content…
Knowing the importance of early intervention practices suggestively helps families to prioritize needs and potential outcomes. As for my family, the complexity of my familial status makes our presenting problems to broader level then what may come out of a more traditional family .As the social worker, the first thing in the assessment is the process of making contact with all family members. During the assessment the family explains what each member feels is the presenting problem. Reflecting on my own experience only provides my perspective. One of my families presenting problems may be the inadequacy of some the communication processes. Dealing with these feeling, I would ask the family who else feels that communication process maybe an issue. Another presenting problem is the deficiency of cohesion and sense of belonging. Although, I am not the member directly having difficulty with a sense of being within the family, it is others whom have expressed these feeling. When a family member lacks the sense of cohesion there may be a lack of connection to the family. Being that a sense of belonging is an important protective