Genogram and Ecomap Flashcards
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What is a genogram?
A
A genogram depicts inter-generational family maps to provide a picture of what is occurring across families and across generations, providing a broad framework with which to view family, emotional and social relationships.
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How does a genogram help a social service practitioner?
A
- identify and understand repetitive patterns of behavior - recognise hereditary tendencies
- genograms are popular with healthcare professionals in areas such as social work, psychology, psychiatry, genealogy, genetic research, education
- map the medical history of a family
- hereditary patterns
- genetics
- psychological patterns
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What is an ecomap?
A
a tool that shows the interaction of people with their environment.
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What is the use of an ecomap?
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- a tool useful for depicting relationships of families and groups
- clinical tool to portray the makeup of family social relationships and resources.
- a research tool to map the care giving networks available to families
- a simple assessment, planning and intervention tool, which depicts nurturing relationships or conversely, conflict-laden connections between the family and the world
- demonstrate the flow of resources, or the lack thereof; they highlight the nature of the connections; the points of conflicts to be mediated and bridges to be built