Community & Family Studies- Task 3

I currently work with a young man called David who is 21 years old and lives in the family home with his mother, who is his main carer. David is autistic and also has a profound learning disability and can often present some challenging behaviour and aggression towards his mother. David requires a lot of help throughout his

My paper talks about the five general sociology concepts that I learned to using my family. I picked my family because I think they were the most relatable and easy group that would be more beneficial and knowledgeable to discuss regarding the concepts. My family consist of a father, mother, two boys, and a girl, not including me. My parents speak three languages and my siblings only speak one due to the language influence while they were in school. Culture is very important to my family not only the language, and attire but the values of what the culture teaches. Such as, the man being the head of the household and everything must run through him. The woman is taught to cook, clean and take care of the things inside the household. The kids

By vocalising any struggles or concerns, they are able to recognise their own needs, as well as acknowledging their obstacles and determining ways to overcome them, with the help of a professional. For example, some aged carers who have been working for a long time, may feel as though they are able to tackle their obstacles on their own due to the length of time in which they have been working. However, after speaking to someone, they are able to come to terms with their own concerns and better achieve their responsibilities. Information being provided to aged carers by the program is another effective strategy, as it may allow them to better understand their own feelings and thoughts, allowing them to find peace, allowing them to continue working positively. Aged carers are able to access information which assists them in dealing with issues that come from their role as aged carers. By exploring the different ways that they may attend to their own needs, they are able to further enhance their wellbeing. For example, some aged carers may be unaware of how to resolve particular issues, or they may be unaware of the commonality of their issues – information provided may put their doubts to rest, allowing them to meet their own needs. Support Services are an extremely effective strategy to use, as it allows aged carers to access support within their caring roles, to effectively explore how to deal with particular issues, as well as interacting with other carers who may be in the same situation. This effectively enhances their wellbeing as they are reminded that there are various forms of support available. For example, an aged carer may struggle in dealing with a particular issue on their own, therefore may seek assistance from a support service, which will reaffirm them that they are not alone, further improving their

Now that Lorraine is a growing young child she has developed some issues that may cause bigger problems in her near future. Considering her mother’s low income, she is being left with a neighbor rather than being put in a daycare facility or an in home daycare. Usually leaving a child with a neighbor would be no problem as long as the neighbor meets the child’s needs and provides consistent quality care. However, the neighbor does not seem to care about Lorraine and just watches T.V. all day. Depending on what age Lorraine’s

The formal support networks depicted in the program that is specifically assists the Foster children are the NSW Department of community services, the Benevolent society, teaches, social workers at the child protection unit and councillors. The support network that assisted Patricia in adopting Shay was the NSW Department of community services. This service is committed to achieving to improve the lives of children,

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Before attending the Ohio State University, I took several English classes at my high school. In total I obtained 5 English credits; one of the credits being from a program called Mosaic. Mosaic is a humanities based program focusing more on project-based learning instead of exams. These projects were mainly in the form of research papers. One of the papers assigned in the class was the Family Research assignment. The Family Research assignment was a twenty-five page essay regarding familial ancestry. For this assignment, it was required to have multiple MLA formatted sources; having one of the sources be from an interview. The assignment was long and tedious, but it taught me about how to cite my work to avoid plagiarism, how to write long

The Bowen family systems theory can utilize to understand the Gillison’s family dynamics. According to the Bowen Center for the Study of the Family (2016) the Bowen family system theory views family as an emotional unit that utilizes systems thinking to comprehend the complexity of the interactions within the unit. The theory describes families as having a major influence on their member’s thoughts, feelings and actions, which leads them to feel as if they are composed of the same “emotional skin”. The members of families, according to this theory, are driven by each other’s attention, approval, and support. The members therefore, react to each other’s expectations and wants and needs. The family is therefore interdependent. One change in one member’s function leads to a change in the functioning of the others. This is evidence in the case of the Gillison family.

She states that she needs medical and financial help with her family. One of the issues she face is medical benefits for her and her family. They current don’t have any form of medical insurance. The only insurance they currently have is Medicaid Insurance for the youngest two children, Zara and Lila. However, none of the children have a primary care provider. Another issue is the financial adversity in the household, with only one income her husband doesn’t have a lot of money to fully support the family. One main contributing issue is that the family sends money over to the extended family when

The student lives with both of her biological parents, and two older, twin sisters. Her family seems to be very active and involved in her education, including her older sisters, who assist the parents in taking her to doctor and therapy appointments. The special needs student attends a

The third priority issue the social will address is getting assistance to Maria with her son Marco and employment. Marco was diagnosed with autism at age 4 and now is no longer in school having Maria “overwhelmed.” Maria has lost her job and her medical insurance. The first thing will be getting Marco evaluated by a doctor to make the decision of what care is appropriate for him. Having the communication with Marco primary doctor will be important. Maria stating she does not know “what to do with him” confirms her unknown knowledge of the resources in her community that can be a help for her. There has been previous investigations that has strongly imply that mothers with

Health status - A child with poor health may have to have the support that they receive at home and whilst in education adjusted to meet the needs of them. Parents that rely on their children to be Child carers may suffer if their children become ill.

It focuses on support to families and carers for effective parenting, fostering or child care.

At the time of the observation, Lucy had been living in the shelter for a year and a half. She shares a room with her mother and younger brother age 2. Lucy had never attended any type of childcare prior to starting school last fall. Lucy has issues of self-regulating and often times she needs to be reminded to not get in adult conversations. Also, Lucy often times would demonstrate feeling of sadness, depression, and anxiety. However, with the help of the shelter staff, residents, and school staff, Lucy has demonstrated improvements in this area. Lucy only speaks English and is at grade level according to school reports.

Interpersonal Relationship: Parents have large supportive extended family. Sleeps in a bunk bed in his own room. Grandparents, who live nearby, assist with childcare when parents are at work. Grandparents are bilingual, while parents only speak English. The neighbor’s children enjoy spending time playing, acting, and singing with the patient in the front yard.