The Life of The Family in Context
Final Paper
1. You will be comparing the Jarret family from the movie Ordinary People with the Meechum family from the movie The Great Santini.
This is a HUGE task as all of the characters are richly complicated, deep and flawed. Ultimately, your final paper will include three distinct sections.
Section I: Introduce each family.
Section II: Discuss each family and how you would work with them clinically.
Section III: Summary and Conclusions.
To do this assignment well you need to include in the body of your papers professional citations from from the text.
Proper APA format is expected. If you do not include factual clinical information within the body of your paper and do not cite your source(s) you will need to rewrite the paper.
As you compare characters and families make sure you include the following:
The primary clinical issues facing both families and how you as the clinician, would successfully work with both families
1. Cultural factors.
2. Role of Family
3. Family Dynamics
4. Family strengths and weaknesses.
5. Prognosis for success.