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| U.S. Census Def of a family |
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| A group of two or more people related by birth, marriage, or adoption who reside together |
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| Examples of Family Characteristics |
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Characteristics of the family as a whole
Characteristics of individual members
Unique circumstances |
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| Examples of characteristics of family as a whole |
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| Size, form, cultural background, SES, and geographic location |
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| Educator's definition of family |
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| Two or more people who regard themselves as family and who carry out the functions that families typically perform |
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| The foundational values and beliefs that set the standards for how people perceive, interperate, and behave within their family, school, and community. |
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| Religion, Language, Race, Ethnicity, Age, Geography, and Income |
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| Fostering self-awareness as well as an understanding and respect for the cultural community in which the family belongs |
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| Enrolling more students of a minority in SpEd that the percentage of those students in the entire school population |
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| Reframing, passive appraisal, spiritual support, social support, professional support |
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| Systems, as it applies to families |
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| Whatever happens to one member, happens to the rest |
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| 3 assumptions for Family Systems Theory |
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| 1) The output/input configuration systems 2) the concepts of wholeness and subsystems 3) the role of boundries in defining systems |
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| Describe inputs and outputs |
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Inputs are the family characteristics (as a whole, individually, and unique circumstances
Outputs are the family functions (affection, self-esteem, spiritual, SES...) |
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| Interactions between husband/wife; same sex or domestic partners |
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| Interactions between parents and their children |
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| Interactions between siblings |
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| Extended family subsystem |
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| Interactions b/w members of the nuclear family, relatives, and others regarded as relatives |
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| Cohesion and adapability describe: |
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| The emotional bonding that members of family subsystems have and the quality and nature of boundaries, organization, and negotiations |
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| Family member's close emotional bonding with each other and to the level of independence they feel withing the family system. High disengagement→high enmeshment |
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