OMSW 602 social work practice in urban families

Assignment 1: This assignment will aid students in preparation for the final paper. Student will prepare a comparative and contrast analysis paper of Chavis (2004); Boyd-Franklin (2006); and Waites (2009). This paper will highlight the ways in which the concepts of the aforementioned scholars are similar and/or different. The essay will close with choosing one scholar to analyze your family. Provide a brief rational as to why you chose that scholar. Lastly, students will also prepare an annotated bibliography of the three readings. No more than 6 pages, APA format. In order to successfully complete Module 6, please do the following:

Read: Genograms and African American families: Employing family strengths of spirituality, religion, and extended family network

Read: Building on strengths: Intergenerational practice with African American families

Read: Major Family Therapists Approaches and their Relevance to Treating African Americans pgs. 204 – 225

Read: Garcia -Williams (2011) Pp 116-149

Read: DSM 5 American Psychiatric Association (2013). Cultural Formulation Interview

Assignment 2: FAMILY GENOGRAM/CULTURALGRAM & PAPER EXPECTATIONS

  • Three generational visual GENOGRAM
  • Family interviews should include questions from the DSM 5 Cultural Formulation Interview as well as the Chavis reading.

The fundamental goal of drawing s genogram is to objectify the intergenerational system of family projections, identifications relationships, experiences and events which have been influential in constructing the self.

  • Following aspects of culture should be included:
  • Location/Migration/Travel
  • Legal status
  • Time in community
  • Language spoken at home and in the community
  • Health Beliefs
  • Crisis events/impact
  • Holidays and special events/ Family traditions/rituals
  • Cultural and religious/spiritual practices
  • Value about education and work
  • Values about family structure, power, myths, and rules

Ethnicity/racial identity/consciousness

Paper

  • Type written analysis as a self-awareness tool (no more than 13 pages).
  • Assess of how your family system impacts your life and other systems in relations to your development.
  • List and discuss the concept in family systems theory
  • Analyze your family through a developmental framework ( Waites, Chavis, Boyd-Franklin) used in this class.
  • APA format and reference page In order to successfully complete module 7, please do the following:
    1. Read: Mental and emotional wellness among African Americans in urban environments: What do we know? How can we improve outcomes? In Wells-Wilborn, R., McPhatter, A., & H.O.Vakalahi (Eds.). (2016) pp207-223
    2. Read: Garcia -Williams (2011) Pp179-216

Requirements: 1-6 pages and 1-13 pages

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