Family Strengthening Case Study

Fortunately there are programs that assist families in crisis and can help to feed the children of the United States; however the number of hungry children is growing. Child hunger in the United States has been described as an increasingly complex problem and has been called the “silent epidemic.” (Goldstein, 2009)

Food Service Program, the Child and Adult Care Program in addition to other programs. As

They serve as a framework for clinical assessment and can be applied to the individual, family, and community. Through this framework, data is collected and assessed, allowing for the application of nursing diagnoses and interventions that encompass a holistic view of the client. There are 11 patterns, and within each pattern there are four focal areas.

Every family has their own individual problems that they deal with; no family is perfect. Children go through abuse, witness their parents abuse alcohol and drugs, and experience abandonment causing them not to feel loved. Unfortunately for the child, experiencing these things puts them more at risk for repeating the cycle, and going down the same path that their parents did. The focus of this literature review is to determine how the cycle of family dysfunction can be broken. As I searched for supporting articles the articles that stuck out to me were the ones that dealt with the causes of family dysfunction and the ways to help break the cycle of family dysfunction.

Lately myself and other members of the local ministerial association have joined the advisory board for our local Community Action Program. We are working together to create awareness of the programs available at CAP and have raised money specifically to be used for emergency housing needs.

They are on a regular diet with few restrictions on fried foods and fat intake. The children eat school lunch and the parents from outside restaurant choices. Mom tries to cook a meal a day after work or they seldom eat Subway or Pizza Hut. No variation in weight gain or weight loss reported. They try to eat dinner as a family at home on a regular basis. However, this was not feasible all of the time due to dad’s late night work hours and CH basketball practices after school. They generally get 6-7 hours of sleep per night and denied any sleep deprivation. No exercise program has been implemented by this family. CH is the only physically, athletic member. DH stated that he likes to ride his bike. The children are active in Sunday school and participate in summer camp.

To conclude, Figure 1 and Figure 2 promote FFF’s purpose of keeping families together by using visual and rhetorical appeals such as Logos, Kairos and Pathos to convey that immigration laws in America must be changed in order to eliminate the disintegration of the family unity among immigrants. Both images illustrate the different groups in society and immigrants themselves uniting to fight for more comprehensive immigration policies in America. In this way, this issue is particularly important because America is a country made up of immigrants. Thus, as both images explicitly denote, new immigration policies are needed in order to keep the core of society together: the family.

Extreme poverty is characterized as the lack of ability to access essential items to live such as food, clothing, medicine, and shelter. In the United States, and many other wealthy and developed nations, many people experience what is known as “relative poverty” which is essentially a measure of income inequality and is usually dependent on social views and opportunity rather than complete scarcity. Poverty in the United States, while not as severe, is still a major issue. I will discuss the effects that poverty has on families today in America and how it relates to single-mothers, food insecurity, and education.

What do you have to do to participate? To donate, simply collect non-perishable grocery goods and set them out on Saturday, May 14, prior to your letter carrier’s regular delivery time. Your carrier will collect the items. No special bag or box is required.

Many area charities focus on the short term survival needs of the area’s homeless population, and provide food and supplies to them by traveling from area to area to reach them. These charities policy feed anyone. From the hardcore homeless population to a family down on their luck, their patrons include drug addicts, criminals and vagrants just passing through town. They have information on the resources available, but it is not standardized and these organizations and individuals are not coordinated in any

The diversity issue I chose to research and observe was the interlinking issues of hunger and poverty and what should be done to alleviate these struggles. I knew beforehand that these issues are globally rampant, but I did not know the extent of their effects in my own community, the Wichita Falls area. Government policies and programs such as welfare and SNAP are in place to help those in poverty provide basic needs for themselves and their families. However, I wanted to learn more about community organizations that are set up to help to provide food for those living in poverty. Whether or not government involvement or private-sector organizations are sufficient enough on their own in this matter and what would be the best possible solution

You brought out some good points referring to the ideal family will encounter inevitable difficulties but will be able to recognize the need for change in family structure in order to maintain appropriate balance and success (Becvar & Becvar, 2013). Regarding structural family therapy the therapist has to enter into the family system to understand the rules that administers the functioning of the system. Then plan and obtain an understanding of the relationship between the family members (subsystems), upset the dysfunctional relationships with the family subsystem and then cause the family to become more stable and healthy. For example; John, his wife Wanda, and their two sons Andrew and Andre appear to be the perfect family. But underneath

Froma Walsh in the book chapter, Family Resilience: Strengths Forged through Adversity, found in the book, Normal Family Processes, describes how most research conducted about resilience has concentrated on individuals and how they view adversity and resilience. However, in this chapter Walsh presents her framework for family resilience and explains how families can rebound from adversity based on three areas of family functioning: family belief systems, family organization and resources, and family communication. “A basic premise in this systemic view is that serious crises and persistent adversity have an impact on the whole family, and in turn, key family processes mediate the adaptation of all members and their relationships.” (Walsh, 2012, p. 401) Within these three keys of resilience, Ms. Walsh lays out the framework for coping and adaptation of the resilient family unit.

From the data collected it was evident that the majority of the health class students had a poor supportive family environment, due to poor communication skills. Supportive family environment provides a sense of belonging and a feeling of security to all family members. When conflict arises, it threatens that security. Whether the disharmony initiates from within the family unit or from external sources, individual family members and the family as a whole can experience a range of negative emotions and consequences. According to Machado JC. (2008) conflict within families occurs 61.54% a week due to internal factors and external factors such as stage of adolescents, parenting styles, communication and economics. These factors are the barriers

Is there such a thing as a” perfect family”? Every family is different when it comes to strengths and weaknesses. The more family problems that exists within a family the more difficult it is to develop and formulate solutions. In order for a clinician to identify solutions and the best combination of treatment, it is critical to identify problems for each individual member. Once these needs are identified, social workers’ are tasked with improving the families’ quality of life by setting goals and finding solutions to these problems. Overall social workers’ objectives are to suggest solutions that help families defuse an immediate problem that is causing stress and conflict with in the family. Helping families understand and solve these issues is critical to stabilizing the family unit.