week 5 Flashcards

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an interactional unit in which all members influence each other
-joined together by common history, united by bonds of blood, marriage, mutual consent, or adoption

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family

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what do families help achieve (3)

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  1. basic needs (safety and security)
  2. maintain order and control
  3. provide love

-families govern themselves by roles and rules

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family roles (4)

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  1. family hero (leader)
  2. scapegoat (troublemaker)
  3. lost child (quiet one)
  4. mascot (happy go lucky)
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family rules (4)

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  1. implicit rules
  2. explicit rules
  3. functional rules
  4. dysfunctional rules
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not spoken or stated, but hidden

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implicit rules

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spoken rules or known

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explicit rules

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serves a person well, can be changed or adapted. these are the rules specific to the families needs

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functional rules

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harmful effect, these rules limit personal growth

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dysfunctional rules

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how families interact (3)

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  1. open system
  2. closed system
  3. random system
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common characteristics of healthy families (3)

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  1. open communication
  2. faith or belief system
  3. rituals and traditions
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a means of assessing the family

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-genogram

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the representation to show how a family relates, what is used to make a family tree (visual representation)

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genogram

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areas to consider with a families grief

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  1. what role did the deceased play in the family unit?
  2. emotional integration
  3. how families facilitates or hinders self expression
    - if considering counseling its the most effective for a family when the individuals are treated separately and then as a unit
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maintaining balance

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  1. homeostatic balance
    - in healthy family units, make adjustments so balance returns but in unhealthy units balance does not return due to their rigidness
    - comlicated grief may actually affect multiple generations (can be passed down)
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occurs through roles, norms, and values in the family. grief disrupts this balance

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homeostatic balance

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16
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children learn about death through

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  1. religion
  2. family
  3. tv
  4. peers
  5. experience
17
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needs of bereaved children and advice for parents regarding the funeral

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advice for children needs;
-to be able to cry and express emotion
-given honest and age appropriate answers about death
-ways to remember the deceased
-involvement in events surrounding death
advice for parents;
-discuss importance of the funeral with children
-allow children participate if asked
-by age of 7 children should be encouraged to be involved

18
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Maria Nagy

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-theory is called “age of a Childs death of understanding” -
–birth to 3 years
-no concept of death
–3 to 5 years
-they know about death but think its reversible
-magical thinking
–5 to 9 years
-anthropomorphizing
–9 and older–
understanding that death is final, its going to happen to everyone

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antrhopomorphizing

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giving humanness to something that is not human

20
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warning signs for grieving children (4)

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  1. changes in school work or activity
  2. change in play habits
  3. normal to see a bit of regression
  4. eating and sleeping patterns
21
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explaining death to children

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what not to say;

  • make believe stories or fairy tales to explain death
  • something you dont believe yourself
  • what they will have to unlearn later

what to say;

  • share religious convictions
  • speak in concrete terms rather than philosophical ones
  • grant permission to cry/express feelings
  • acknowledge when you don’t know the answer