Assessment TraitsBenchmarkAssessment Description
As a mental health worker, it is essential to understand the family systems: Individuals and their roles and boundaries. This assignments will help you understand how to analyze a family system.
Access and complete the “Family Dynamics and Systems Worksheet 6.”
While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Submit the completed assignment by the end of Topic 8.
Benchmark Information
This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:
MS Mental Health and Wellness
6.4: Analyze how interpersonal relationships are formed and maintained within families.
Attachments
MHW-512 Family Dynamics and Systems Worksheet 6
As a mental health worker, it is essential to understand the family systems: Individuals and their roles and boundaries. This assignment will help you understand how to analyze a family system.
Cite two to four sources (in addition to the textbook) to support your answers.
After viewing the What’s Eating Gilbert Grape film and reading the “ What’s Eating Gilbert Grape Case Study,” answer the following prompts:
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Interpersonal relationships in Gilbert’s family: |
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Gilbert and each of his siblings (100-150 words): |
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Gilbert and his mother (75-100 words): |
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Did Gilbert have a relationship with his father? What do you think it was like? (75-100 words) |
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Explain the interpersonal relationships in Gilbert’s family (200-250 words). |
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Explain how these interpersonal relationships were formed and maintained (200-250 words): |
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Resiliency: |
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Define resiliency and provide an example (75-100 words). |
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What are the components that are necessary to build resiliency? (75-100 words) |
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Effective Communication Skills: |
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Compare and contrast empathetic listening to active listening (100-150 words): |
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How would you use both types of listening when interviewing members of Gilbert’s family? (100-150 words) |
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Explain the challenges you have with active listening and sympathetic listening and how you plan on overcoming these challenges (100-150 words): |
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Lastly, explain why it is important for mental health workers to have effective communication skills in order to work with families of various populations. (250-300 words) |
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