1. Background information:
- Where are you from?
- What do you guys do for living?
- Religious background?
- What is your family's economic status?
- How long have you lived in this community?
- What is your legal status? Married or single?
- Are you a citizen of the United States?
- What is the primary language spoken in the household?
- What are your personal beliefs about your health?
- What holidays and events are important to you? Why?
- Have you experienced a crisis event that left you with a negative impact?
- What are your views on family? Education? Work values?
- Are you involved in any cultural institution? Ex: a public or charitable event?
2. Family Roles and Types:
- Who makes the decisions in the family?
- When a problem occurs in the family, who is the mediator?
- Who is the nurturer in the family? (When something goes wrong or someone's hurting)
- Who does most of the cleaning in the house?
- Who does the laundry, the dishes, and maintains general order and cleanliness?
- Who prepares the family meals?
- Who repairs things that break-whether it's the car or the DVD player?
- Who takes care of the children?
- Who's the primary money maker?
- How do people decide who does what?
3. Family Conflict
- In your family, what do you think is the main issue?
o Trying to keep granddaughters away
- How do you solve the problem?
- How does it make you feel?
4. Communication Patterns and Meaning
- How is your daily communication?
- When you have an altercation, are you able to effectively communicate what is bothering you?
- What do you need from your mom to have better communication?
- What do you need from your daughter
5. Treatment Plan
- Treatment Plan & Intervention
- For a short term goal I would start them off with asking them to do a genogram of their family.
Attachment:- oral_history_interview.rar