1. View the movie Family Stone. It is available on Netflix, Amazon Prime and Redbox for you to rent.
2. Review the Bowen Theory Family Therapy Paper rubric and complete a 4-5-page paper (excluding title page, references, and genogram pages) covering the topics on the rubric.
3. APA will be assessed and references may or may not be needed. You do not need to reference the movie since all of you will be watching the same movie.
4. When you have completed your assignment, save a copy for yourself and submit a copy to your instructor using the Dropbox by the end of the workshop
   Title pages should have the following info. This is the way it should be done in each course, not just this one.

Title of paper
Name
Date of submission (written out)
I will take points off for APA because this is the writing style you will be using throughout this program so it needs to be correct. An important note on citing references: it is not adequate to put one citation at the end of a long paragraph. The source needs to be clearly stated throughout the paragraph. Also, please keep direct quotes to a minimum. I will take points off if there are a large amount of direct quotes; especially in these assignments that tend to be on the shorter side. I will grade on grammar and spelling.

• ***Make sure you review what is considered a scholarly source (if you have questions about this, please ask) and be sure that the article is from the last 5 years.
  Assessment Criteria
  Assessed Item Points
  Address concepts as it relates to the family
  • Triangles
  • Differentiation of self
  • Nuclear family emotional system
  • Family projection process
  • Multigenerational transmission process
  • Emotional cutoff
  • Sibling position
  • Societal emotional process 64
  Treatment plan using Bowenian model
  • examples of techniques and treatment strategies as they apply to the family 30
  Discusses cultural aspects/implications for this family from Bowenian perspective 30
  Completed Genogram of family mapping the following:
  family member
   ages, births, deaths
  relationships
  marriages
  power distribution
   family boundaries
   member roles
  decision-making processes
   relationship connections
  intergenerational patterns
   subgroups
   occupational and educational status
   marital functioning
  parent-child relationships
   socio-economic status
  religious background and its significance to family life
  health problems
   mental health problems
   attitudes about gender and sexuality
   communication styles 26
  
  

Appropriate references for this course and all future courses include ONLY PROFESSIONAL SOURCES. That is, consumer websites and sources are NOT acceptable references for assignments.
Not professional sources: WebMD, Mayo Clinic, HealthNet, MedicineCabinet.com, and so on, are consumer websites. They may have accurate information, but the information is not of the depth needed for a provider.
Not professional sources: What students find trickier is that there are websites that have EBP guidelines and consumer information both. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC), AHRQ, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and many other excellent websites have a tab or a section of the website for consumer information. Please access the professional portion of that website; they are excellent sources. The consumer tab, however, is also a consumer website, not a professional source. If the section is not clearly labeled, you can be certain that the information is intended for consumers: 1) if it is written in the second person. Professional sources never say, “You should eat three servings of green leafy vegies per day”, 2) if readers are advised to see their healthcare professional if they have certain symptoms. Professional sources are written for healthcare professionals, and do not advise readers to see their healthcare professional, 3) if there are no citations and no reference lists of peer reviewed sources of information. Professional sources cite and reference their information, as you do in your papers. These sources may be used as examples of patient education materials only, not as the source you are citing for epidemiology, diagnosis, treatments or other clinical information.
Acceptable professional sources:
• Textbooks from your graduate level courses
• Epocrates and Lexicomp
• Peer reviewed professional journal articles
• Medscape
• The Merck Manual
• Articles from UpToDate online database
• The Red Book
• Evidence Based Practice Guidelines from professional associations such as American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP)
• Recommendations and guidelines for professionals from the CDC and other government agencies
• World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations for professionals
• The Prescriber’s Letter (which you should be receiving monthly)