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