1. Introduction
2. Organization of the Course
3. Systemic Approaches to Human Behavior
4. Bioecological Model
5. Contexts
6. Influence
7. Family Life Cycle Model
8. Approach
9. Jay Haley
10. Why look at transitions?
11. Life Events Precipitate Change
12. Two Types of Family Changes
13. Dysfunctional Families
14. Stressors on Family System
15. Six Stages of Predictable Family Changes
16. Thought Questions
17. Timing and Dysfunction in This Systems Model
18. Lesson 1A Assignments

Six Stages of Predictable Family Changes in Model

1. unattached adult
2. marriage - substages
3. early parenthood
4. adolescent parenting
5. launching and moving on - still true? (many traditional age college students end up moving back home after graduation)
6. later life

Note: These are the stages of a nuclear family, not ethnically or racially diverse and not extended family.