Family Reflection Paper Consider an event in the life of your family (this may r

Family Reflection Paper
Consider an event in the life of your family (this may range from a normative event such as the
birth of a child to a crisis or stressor, such as the loss of a family member through death). Apply
social work theories covered in class to this life event. Specifically:
1. Briefly describe the event and your family’s response to it
2. Identify strengths displayed by your family members during this event
3. Identify cultural influences that affected your family’s experience of the event
4. Indicate the risk and protective factors that either a) affected the likelihood of your family
experiencing the event in question or b) affected your family’s response to the event/the event’s
outcome
5. Discuss whether oppression was a factor in your family’s experience of the event. If so, how?
If not, what prevented that from being a factor?
6. Consider the ways in which your family may have been empowered, and by what systems,
during the event
7. Identify relevant systems involved in the event or the response to the event (e.g., extended
family, neighbors, religious community, group membership, medical and legal systems, etc.)
8. Describe the interaction of various systems using concepts from systems theory
9. Attach an ecomap as an appendix to the assignmen