Discussions are fundamental to shared learning, so please be sure to participate early and often!

After you have completed the Reading, and without reviewing your classmates’ responses, post your initial response to the following Discussion. Your post should be at least 250 words in length and should extend the discussion of the group supported by your course materials and/or other appropriate resources.

After you have submitted your initial post, take time to review your classmates’ responses and to respond specifically and substantially to at least two of them. Refer to the Discussion Rubric for specific grading explanation.

Discussion Topic

For this week’s Discussion, you are going to prepare a brief ecological assessment.

Please watch “Tammy’s Story” again (or read the transcript):

As you are watching, do so through an ecological lens. Look for strengths and barriers in the family’s micro, meso, and macro-level systems. See if you can find an example of a strength and a barrier in each of these three systems. Take notes on your observations; you may have to watch the video several times.

Then, prepare a brief ecological assessment of Tammy, Matt, or Bo and their situation, making sure to comment on all three ecosystems and how they interact and affect the individual that you chose as well as making sure to use a strengths-based perspective in your assessment. (Matt is Tammy’s older son and Bo is the younger son who does not wear a shirt in the video. He is referred to as “Younger Son” in the video transcript.)

Edit your brief assessment to be at least 250 words for your Discussion post.

Note: You are not proposing interventions at this stage; you are focusing exclusively on assessing Tammy, Matt, or Bo in their current environment. Your post should include some unique components. Try to identify some unique strengths or barriers your classmates have not already included when you make your initial post.

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Sample 3 PSYC3004