This course provides the knowledge base for family assessment or for understanding one's own family. Out of This Furnace . Lamana, Mary Ann and Agnes Riedmann. However, my experience tells me that I need to do more than assume this. You can't get any points if you do not contribute anything to the class.
Contribution means more than just attending class and voicing any stray thought.
It means being thoughtful and analytical, whether discussing the assignment material or bringing your own experiences into a discussion. This is what everything in the above bullet adds up to. The cases will give you exercise in assessing family strengths and weaknesses. The goal is to have you see how families vary by social class, ethnicity, and across historical eras by looking at three generations of European immigrant families. In this paper, you will relate the material that you have learned in the classroom to experiences you had in your own life, and attempt to explore those feelings and experiences as honestly as possible.