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The Caged Bird Sings 1
Family Assessment Evaluation
I Know Why The Caged Birds Sings
Celeste Waddy, RN
Nursing With Families
Professor Flethcher
November 1, 2003
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IDENTIFYING DATA
Family Composition Maya’s family comprises of Maya Angelou, the writer of the autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, which covers her life from age 3 to 16. ...
Family Form The family form of Maya’s family is an extended family, when Maya lived with both her parental and maternal grandparents, and a nuclear family during the period of her living with her mother and stepfather. ...
Religious Background Maya comes from a highly religious family, where they are members of The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church. She is raised with a strong sense of religion which keeps the family going in the face of tough times, and also serves as Maya’s moral guide throughout her life. ...
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DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE
Stage Maya’s experiences fall into the reconstituting family relation, which is one that occurs because of changes in the relationship of its members such as divorce, death or separation (Rankin, 1989). Maya needed to adapt to the loss of previous family forms and adapt to new types of family.
Family History Maya’s early years are spent in the care of her grandmother, Momma Henderson, in the small town of Stamps, Arkansas. ... There was an extended family in St. ... They felt safe and at home in this close family circle. ... McElroy, "an independent Black man" who
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owned his own land and house. ...
Family’s Geographical Mobility Maya and Bailey lived in Stamps, Arkansas; St. ...
Family’s Association with Community Maya’s grandmother’s store is a focal point for the local Black community in Stamps, Arkansas. ... Louis, Missouri family is dominated by the powerful white-skinned Grandmother Baxter who has a German accent and is a police captain.
Family’s Support System The family support system comes from Maya’s immediate family, especially her brother Bailey, the church and the communities that she was raised in.
FAMILY STRUCTURE
Communication Patterns
Extent of Function and Dysfunctional Communication:
Functional Communication This form of communication represents the relationship Maya had with her brother Bailey. Bailey is the only member of the family that Maya communicates with freely. ...
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Role Structure
Formal This role does not exist during the period that Maya lived with her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. ... Her mother provided nurture and care to all her family members. ... She was the sole provider for Maya and Bailey
Informal Some informal roles noted in this family are The Great Stone Face displayed by Momma Henderson. ... Another informal role noted is that of The Family Caretaker shown by Maya’s mother. ...
Sources of power Maya had a number of strong female role models in her family and community. ... She holds great influence in the community and the family is dominated by her. ...
Family Values Religion is important to Momma Henderson and the black community of Stamps. ... Also, Maya and her brother finally have the luxury of an extended family; they are supported and protected by their uncles and grandparents, and feel safe and at home in this close circle.
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FAMILY FUNCTIONS
Affective
Mutual nurturance, Closeness and Identification Adequate between Maya, Momma Henderson and Maya’s mother. ...
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FAMILY COPING
Stressors
Race and Appearance Maya believed that being black means being ugly, and thinks of her appearance as a "black ugly dream" that she will awake out of.
Approximate Word count = 2941
Approximate Pages = 11.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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