Social Work and Human Services

Complete the activity in question # 1 under the heading “Exploring Social Work” (Hick, 2010, p.110).

Families are complex: Sometimes “graphic organizers” can be helpful in beginning to understand family dynamics. For practice, plot a genogram and an ecomap (see sidebar on page 95) of your own family, showing the complex relations between your family members-today and over generations-and how you and various members of your family interact with people and institutions in ways that might be relevant to a better understanding of your family today (Hick, 2010, p.110).

Search online for examples of genograms and ecomaps. If you have access to a library, examples and further descriptions are in this book below. Note the page numbers (pp. 255-257):

Sheafor, B.W., & Horesji, C. R. (2003). Techniques and guidelines for social work practice. (6th ed.) New York, NY: Allyn and Bacon.

Remember to complete the readings for this module and any readings recommended for this activity. Then post your response on the discussion board. Be sure to read other students’ postings, observe and comment on the similarities and differences and build on the discussion with your contributions.

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