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

Some thought questions to help you understand the model

• What are tasks of grandparents in these transitions?


• How would a single parent deal with transitions?


• Model's statement - emphasis on childrearing as focal organizing element to family life.

  What do you think about this?
  Does this work for all cultures?