Family

study perceived family functioning and depression in bereaved parents 18 months after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake, which are important issues for many post-disaster recovery programs. The study pointed out the gender, age, being divorced or widowed, being directly exposed to the death of their kids, not having a new baby and disoriented family functioning are significant causes of severe depression. The study used the multistage stratified sampling method to choose bereaved families from the…

On 11/03/2017 at about 0320 hours, I was dispatched to 4004 Fragrant Jasmine Avenue in reference to a family disturbance. Upon my arrival, I was met by a Hispanic male adult identified as Rene Martinez. Martinez stated that he and his girlfriend ( Janine Ruvalcaba) had an argument over Martinez coming home late. Martinez went on to say that Ruvalcaba pushed him and “smacked” him. Martinez did not have signs of battery and refused medical attention. Martinez stated that he Ruvalcaba had a…

Family is the driven factor which help you determine your beliefs and attributes. Being born as a Mexican-American children, set a huge barrier for my learning. No child wants to be the student who is “special”. Being told you are to receive speech therapy until, you are redesignated is not an experience you want to go through in life. I was always the child who had anxiety to leave my mother's side, until the school district stepped in and force me to go to school. People stereotype me as the…

According to the step-father, now that he received a new job his work hours won’t interfere with his free time. Counselor then discussed with the mother the rewards chart. Counselor asked questions regarding the change in TC’s behavior and problem the family is having with the rewards chart. The mother stated that she is having difficulty rewarding TC and his brother. The counselor worked with the mother on picking a day out of the week to provide the rewards and following remaining consistent…

Understanding Families: Applying Family Systems Theory in Early Childhood Practice is written by Linda Garris Christi. She talks about how as teachers we need to know about different family styles and how it could affect the classroom. Understanding families include being aware of families who may be diverse in a number of ways like economic statues, religious beliefs, families of divorce, blended families and more diversities. Some families could be disengaged or they could be enmeshed.…

I am Mexican and I have a large family. These are facts I have known my whole life; however, it never really hit me what they meant until I was thirteen. I did not know it was such a strong stereotype that my family conformed with. Once, there was a time when I was with my family holding my twin siblings hands and speaking with my mother in Spanish while we neared the checkout of a store. In front of my family there was an old, small white man in the check-out line overhearing my mother and I's…

The Joseph Family History 1. Narrative On June 25th is my parent’s 20th wedding anniversary. They met in 1991 from knowing a mutual friend. They met at an ice cream store called Licks in downtown Denver. My parents got engaged on December, 19th ,1995. They were married at the John Paul II center in south Denver. They had three kids James, born in 1998, Marisa, born in 2000, and Me, Philip, born in 2002. My dad has four sisters Christine, Doreen, Cindy, and Margie. Their parents are Marylyn…

For most Italian-American families, women are the ones responsible for cooking dinner while the men traditionally sit back and rest after a long day of work, but that was never the case in my home. Once my dad walked through the door, he would take off his blazer, put on his apron, and cook dinner as my mom laid on the couch in our living room and watched TV. For my dad, every day was spent facing the ups and down of a turbulent stock market, and cooking was a lifelong passion of his that always…

Family Structure/Function TN lives at home with her parents and 3 brothers. When there no school during the day TN stay at paternal grandparent house because TN love to eat food at grandma house. Her mom works full time job six days a week don’t have much time spent with her during the weekday. Her aunt also helping her with homework if she doesn’t understand. She loves her grandparent, aunt and uncles. They were take care her good. Vietnamese is the primarily langue spoken at home and spoken…

idealistic view of family in contemporary society; however, the reality is that families are diverse and decades of social change have resulted in numerus definitions of family (Barnes & Rowe 2013). There is an increasing need to recognise families using a family strengths perspective in order to detect where families are thriving, how they succeed and what they can do to improve positive outcomes (Smith and Ford 2013). Nurses, when working with families, need to adopt a family strengths…