2. GENOGRAM/ FAMILY TREE
It is a useful tool for gathering information about a person's
family. This visual representation of a family can help us to
identify patterns or themes within families that may be
influencing or driving a person's current behavior.
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3. SYMBOLS FOR DRAWING THE
GENOGRAM
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FEMALE SYMBOL- NAME, AGE
MALE SYMBOL- NAME, AGE
UNKNOWN GENDER
4. SYMBOLS FOR DRAWING THE
GENOGRAM
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MARRIED- ADD THE YEAR AND AGES
DE FACTO RELATIONSHIP-
COMMENCEMENT DATE OR AGES
SEPARATION- DATE OR AGES
DIVORCE- DATE OR AGES
5. GENOGRAM
List children in birth order and put names and ages either within the
symbol or underneath.
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DEATH- ADD DATE IF KNOWN
USED TO ENCLOSE THE MEMBERS LIVING
TOGETHER CURRENTLY.
CONFLICTUAL RELATIONSHIP
DISTANT RELATIONSHIP
VERY CLOSE
6. FAMILY STRUCTURE
The traditional family structure is considered a family support system
that involves two married individuals providing care and stability for
their biological offspring. However, this two-parent nuclear family has
become less prevalent, and alternative family forms have become
more common. The family is created at birth and establishes ties
across generations. Those generations, the extended family of aunts,
uncles, grandparents, and cousins, can all hold significant emotional
and economic roles for the nuclear family.
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7. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family unit consisting of at most a father,
mother, and dependent children. It is
considered the “traditional” family.
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1. NUCLEAR FAMILY
8. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family consisting of parents and children,
along with either grandparents,
grandchildren, aunts or uncles, cousins etc.
In some circumstances, the extended family
comes to live either with or in place of a
member of the nuclear family.
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2. EXTENDED FAMILY
9. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
Two families brought together due to
divorce, separation, and remarriage.
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3. STEP FAMILIES
10. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
This can be either a father or a mother who
is singly responsible for the raising of a child.
The child can be by birth or adoption. They
may be a single parent by choice or by life
circumstances. The other parent may have
been part of the family at one time or not at
all.
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4. SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
11. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where one or more of the children
has been adopted. Any structure of a family
may also be an adoptive family.
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5. ADOPTIVE FAMILY
12. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where the parents are members of
different racial identity groups.
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6. BI-RACIAL OR MULTI-RACIAL
FAMILY
13. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where the adopted child is of a
different racial identity than the parents.
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7. TRANS- RACIAL ADOPTIVE
FAMILY
14. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family that consists of members from two
(or more) previous families.
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8. BLENDED FAMILY
15. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family member is separated from the rest
of the family. This may be due to
employment far away; military service;
incarceration; hospitalization. They remain
significant members of the family.
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9. CONDITIONALLY SEPARATED
FAMILY
16. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where one or more of the children is
legally a temporary member of the
household. This “temporary” period may be
as short as a few days or as long as the
child’s entire childhood.
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10. FOSTER FAMILY
17. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where one or both of the parents’
sexual orientation is gay or lesbian. This
may be a two-parent family, an adoptive
family, a single parent family or an extended
family.
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11. GAY OR LESBIAN FAMILY
18. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family where the parents have immigrated
to another country as adults. Their children
may or may not be immigrants. Some family
members may continue to live in the country
of origin, but still be significant figures in the
life of the child.
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12. IMMIGRANT FAMILY
19. KINDS OF FAMILY STRUCTURES
A family that moves regularly to places where they
have employment. The most common form of migrant
family is farm workers who move with the crop
seasons. Children may have a relatively stable
community of people who move at the same time - or
the family may know no one in each new setting.
Military families may also lead a migrant life, with
frequent relocation, often on short notice.
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13. MIGRANT FAMILY
20. ACTIVITY
Choose any of the ff.
- Compose a song
- Write a poem
- Draw a poster
that will best describe and tell us about your family.
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21. READING ACTIVITY 15 mins
Open your Personal Development book on
pages 89- 90 and read the ff stories:
- What does it mean to put others’ first before
ourselves?
- The wooden bowl
- Give time to our family
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