Family practice

observe a CFTM. The CFTM consisted of a Southern Christian Service (SCS) Family Specialist, the potential foster parents and the MYPAC team (facilitator, therapist and supervisor). This meeting was geared towards revealing the diagnosis of the foster child to the potential foster parents. I have very conflicting feelings about this CFTM, because I feel like we blindsided the foster parents. SCS has been working with this family for over 4 months and there is a great deal of work that goes…

of organizational practices, discourse and practices (Miller, 2005). In addition to analyzing her own journal, Rena Miller also analyzed Palliative Care at Home Manual and her husband, Jim’s care file which she obtained through the regional health office. When Rena first looked…

from a different culture the interviewer must show the ability to ask questions about the interviewee’s family and culture without appearing insensitive. Interviewing Deona Queen gave the opportunity to acquire information about her family’s cultural background, while learning how ask question in a sensitive matter. All information obtained during her interview was used to compare to one’s own family cultural background. Deona Queen was encouraged to give a brief description of her…

how the understanding of a student’s language, culture, and family background influences the learning of individuals with special needs. I also believe the interview assignment correlated to the CEC Standard 6, which discusses the roles and responsibilities of special education professionals. I believe it is crucial, and the responsibility for special education…

Fraternal polyandry (which can be defined as a type of marriage where 2 or more brothers get married to one wife) is the ideal form of marriage and family setting in this society for the reason that it ensures that there is only one set of heirs per family thus keeping family owned land intact within the family and any feuds over land and other inheritable properties are avoided (Goldstein, 1987:2). One of the disadvantages of fraternal polyandry is that generally it is the eldest…

individualism, it encourages people to be interdependent from its members. As a result, American families “[believe] that it [is] important for their infants [to develop] independence and self-reliance” (Morelli et al., 1992, p.609) at a young age. Since, “cosleeping is often seen as a bad habit that it is difficult to break or as a practice that impedes the development of independence” (Morelli…

women to survive and prosper. While men did most of the hunting, even though this was no longer the main source for food. Families depended more on Agriculture, and the domestication of plants and animals which became an important source in this epochal. Labor amount became too demanding, and children were needed to help in the development of human technology. This started the practice of women staying at home to have and take care of children. There were no older women who could stay at home…

primary language, English. She is also moderately fluent in Spanish in order to communicate with Hispanic parents and students that do not know English. We have the same opinions when it comes to strangers touching us, but do not mind friends and family being in close proximity. We both have a high-context speech pattern which implies high uses of nonverbal elements and communication is seen as a way of engaging with…

profession that assesses client’s concerns, needs, promotes a healthy lifestyle, supports the importance of positive family structure and offers resources to ensure a better quality of life. As a student social worker it is important to understand the basic characteristics that helps develop an effective social worker. An efficient social worker has to be knowledgeable of social work practices, theories, and gain experience. As a social worker your role is very significant to a client, each…

It is hard to explain the gratitude I have for the opportunity to earn my college degree without telling you about my parents. I was raised in a blended family. My step dad brought his son and daughter to our family when I was five. My mother had four kids of her own. Together my mom and step dad raised the six of us, while they returned to college. My mother laughs because I can never remember to call on their anniversary, but I always remember the day they both graduated from NSU in Tahlequah,…