My mom has had many social worker professions (she has a BA of Applied Behavioral Psychology). My family would be an example of that family career happening not by design. This even happens in modern times, most of the time not by design. Many traditional cultures used the concept of apprenticeship, having the child participate in the family trade. It examines whether family members name, birth date, date of death (if applicable), year married, alcoholism, cancer, and work in social services.įemale with History of Social Service Work It displays an genogram of Jacob Campbell’s family for his article onGenogram & Eco-map.

Figure 1įigure 1 is a graphic I created in Adobe Illustrator (different from the the version in the original article). Along with describing family relationships, I have also looked at a few other aspects of my family history (see “Figure #1) first is family members who are involved in social services (generally social work type jobs), then cancer, and finally alcoholism.

Even looking introspectively at my own life I can see some of the ways my family history has influenced me. Genograms contribute to the concept of dealing with the person in the context of their environment. This history is that is described in a genogram is different for each individual or family. For example, they often trace cancer, longevity of marital relationships, or alcoholism in the family’s history. They focus on looking at specific traits, characteristics, and behaviors that go through generations of a specific family. Genograms tend to be more specific and detailed in information then common family trees. A genogram is more commonly known as a family tree.

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