Think about a time when your family experienced a significant time of stress and/or crisis and the reactions,
ways of coping and how the family system worked through the difficulties experienced. Everyone has or will
go through a challenge … also keep in mind that not all challenges are horrible or tragic such as: a family
member moving away for various reasons, getting married, going away to college, ect. can all be stressful
and hard for families.
Identify and discuss what type of stressor(s) were present (the book provides the different types)? If it
became a major crisis, what led to it becoming one?
Please note: the stressor or crisis you choose to discuss MUST 1) be in the past and one that your family
has already gone through; not one that they are currently in, 2) one that you are old enough to recall and
speak directly about and how it personally impacted you as a member of the family and 3) impacted your
immediate family. This is important because you will not be able to answer all the questions if your family is
still working through the challenge or if you are retelling something second hand such as you were too
young to remember.
If you are unsure about ANYTHING or believe you cannot meet this criteria, please email me and we can
find a solution together 🙂 I have done this for students in the past; so do not hesitate to reach out.
Then think about the “course of a family crisis” we learned about in chapter 13. Describe and summarize
what your family looked like during these stages: how did your family handle it–what were the responses of
the family system?
Address and discuss how your family coped, adjusted and or chose to adapt. Were they resilient or
vulnerable and why? What resources/factors as addressed in the chapter did your family use, need, or
should have used (this depends on what occurred as well as your own perception of what took place:
remember how everyone appraises the situation/crisis/challenge differently)?
Finally, looking back, what came from this experience in the life of your family such as lessons learned or
what you learned about your family and even yourself
It is critical and expected that when discussing family dynamics and personal reflections that you apply
course information from chapter 13 in the Lamanna text (13th edition) to support and explain your
assessment–by using
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