your description of the Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems and how it serves as a framework to assess family systems. Apply this framework in assessing the Cortez family. Use the three dimensions (cohesion, flexibility, and communication) of this model to assess and analyze. Describe how assessing these dimensions assists the social worker in treatment planning.
Reference:
Olson, D. H. (2000). Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems. Journal of Family Therapy, 22(2), 144–167.
he case study goes along with the other assigment.
Holosko, M. J., Dulmus, C. N., & Sowers, K. M. (2013). Social work practice with individuals and families: Evidence-informed assessments and interventions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Chapter 9, “Assessment of Families” (pp. 237–264)
Smokowski, P. R., Rose, R., & Bacallao, M. L. (2008). Acculturation and Latino family processes: How cultural involvement, biculturalism, and acculturation gaps influence family dynamics. Family Relations, 57(3), 295–308.
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she may be facing. Understanding flexibility also helps the person that is involved to know the limits that they can keep their patients (Plummer, Makris, & Brocksen, 2013). For the cohesion, a social worker needs to understand how a person is engaged to other people to know how they can be guided. Cohesion also helps the social worker to understand who they can work with and who can help guide the patient keep time and also maintain the medication schedule. For the communication, it helps when one can know if the patient is giving all the information that is required. It is an essential aspect of guiding the social healthcare worker to communicate effectively.
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