Family Map or Genogram Assignment

Family Map or Genogram Assignment

Family Map or Genogram Assignment

In this assignment you will have the opportunity to develop skills in the use of family maps or genograms. You will use the family map or genogram as a tool for exploring intergenerational family dynamics and development within your family. Your map or genogram should include your mother’s family of origin, your father’s family of origin, your family of origin, and your current family (3 generations). Your product should provide a picture of your family from an intergenerational perspective, including an analysis of your family’s cultural identity. A narrative description and discussion should accompany the family map or genogram. The student is expected to prepare this paper to include the following Seven (7) components.

Title Page

Discussion of the definition of family and an introduction of yourself.

Identification and discussion of at least two predominant themes (i.e., biological, psychological, Social or Spiritual) which run through at least three generations in your family.

Analysis of your family’s cultural identity.

Identification and discussion of strengths and resources that you discover in your family.

Analysis of your skills in using this tool for understanding family dynamics and development.

Evaluation of the usefulness of the tool for working with families in social work practice (e.g., when, with what types of families, in what types of practice settings, and with what presenting problems is it appropriate and why?). Be sure to address issues of gender, class, race, family structure and nature of presenting problem in evaluating this tool.

Your family map or genogram and narrative will be confidential with the Instructor.

The assignment must be 5-7 pages in length, excluding the Title Page and genogram. The narrative should be typed and double-spaced. Please use HEADINGS within the paper to denote the above required components. Writing style tips and required reference style are found in the American Psychological Association Publication Manual.

Requirements: 5-7 page length

37 year old African American female (family) from Florida moved to Savannah GA at 5 years old Spiritual Baptist Pentecostal

(Down South Southern Family issues or life style) you can embellish the rest to suit assignment

through in obesity on father or whatever side

through in obesity on father or whatever side

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.