The genogram has three basic purposes. List and define each one.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: help the worker and client recognize members of their family, to plot relationships to make them visible and understandable and to point out individual characteristics that may repeat themselves across the generations.
Learning Objective: 6.6: Practice the use of a genogram in the assessment process.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Putting Assessment Together:

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