Types of Families, Characteristics, and Concerns/Needs

Question 1

Identify the types of Families.

Answer 1

1. Families with Issues of Family / Domestic Violence
2. Families with Issues of Addiction

3 Families with Marital Problems

4. Families with Multiple Levels of Needs
5. Culturally Diverse Families

Question 2

Name 1 Characteristic and 2 Concerns/Needs of:

1. Families with Issues of Family / Domestic Violence

Answer 2

CHARACTERISTIC
Families that exhibits violent, threatening or controlling behaviours that happen within the family and can include a family member knowingly placing or attempting to place a family member in hurt.

2 CONCERNS/NEEDS
Physical and mental health issues
Protection from family violence

Question 3

Name 1 Characteristic and 2 Concerns/Needs of:

2. Families with Issues of Addiction

Answer 3

CHARACTERISTIC
A compulsion to use certain substance or to participate in certain behaviour in order to feel good or avoid feeling bad.

2 CONCERNS/NEEDS
Psycho-social needs
Physical and mental health issues

Question 4

Name 1 Characteristic and 2 Concerns/Needs of:

3. Families with Marital Problems

Answer 4

CHARACTERISTIC
Challenges/issues that erode the relationships between married couples.

2 CONCERNS/NEEDS
Psycho-social needs
Financial assistance

Question 5

Name 1 Characteristic and 2 Concerns/Needs of:

4. Families with Multiple Levels of Needs

Answer 5

CHARACTERISTIC
Families in need of social assistance and support for more than one need.

2 CONCERNS/NEEDS
Financial assistance
Mental and physical health issues

Question 6

Name 1 Characteristic and 2 Concerns/Needs of:

5. Culturally Diverse Families

Answer 6

CHARACTERISTIC
Family units formed from marriages involving spouses from different ethnic groups and foreigners, with differing beliefs, customs and values.

2 CONCERNS/NEEDS
Psycho-social needs
Housing