CNUR 300: Module 3
CFAM - ANS Calgary Family Assessment Model
What is essential to provide adequate family care and support? - ANS A well-organized,
thorough assessment
What is CFAM? - ANS An integrated, multidimensional framework that is grounded in systems
theory, cybernetics, communication theory, change theory, and it is directly influenced by 2
worldviews: postmodernism and biology of cognition
How can u describe the model? - ANS Logical and systematic
Three major categories of CAM - ANS 1. Structural
2. Developmental
3. Function
1. Structural Assessment - ANS -Who is in the family
-What is the connection among family members (and those outside the family)
-What is the family's context?
Three aspects of family structure - ANS 1. Internal Structure
2. External Structure
3. Context
1. Internal Structure - ANS Six subcategories
Six subcategories of internal structure - ANS 1. Family composition
2. Gender
3. Sexual orientation
4. Rand order
5. Subsystems
6. Boundaries
2. External Structure - ANS Two subcategories
1. Extended family - ANS -family of origin and the family of procreation as well as he present
generation and stepfamily members
2. Larger systems - ANS -refers to the larger social agencies and personnel with whom the
family has meaningful contact
, 3. Context - ANS Five subcategories
Five subcategories of context - ANS 1. Ethnicity
2. Race
3. Social Class
4. Spirituality and/or religion
5. Environment
2 Structural Assessment Tools - ANS 1. Genogram
2. Ecomap
2. Developmental Assessment - ANS No single family developmental life cycle or model
6 Sample types of family life cycles - ANS 1. Middle-class North American
2. Divorce and Post-Divorce
3. Remarried
4. Professional and Low-Income
5. Adoptive
6. LBGT etc
1. Middle Class North American (6 Stages) - ANS 1. Launching of the single young adults
2. Marriage: the joining of two families
3. Families with young children
4. Families with adolescents
5. Launching children and moving on
6. Families in later life
1. Launching of the single young adults - ANS Tasks:
-differentiation of self in r/t family of origin
-development of intimate peer relationships
-establishment of work in r/t work and financial independence
2. Marriage: the joining of families - ANS Tasks:
-establishment of couple identity
-realignment of relationships with extended families
-decisions about parenthood
3. Families with young children - ANS Tasks:
-adjusting marital system to make space for a child
-joining in childbearing, financial, and household tasks
-realignment of relationships with extended family to include parenting and grandparenting roles
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