Groups in Context(Families In Crisis)- Conduct a detailed investigation into the group of your choice.

FAMILIES IN CRISIS LEGAL AND SOCIAL DEFINITION: A family in crisis is a family suffering some kind of trauma. The trauma may be physical, emotional, social or financial, expected or unexpected, temporary or permanent. A family may be in crisis for many reasons; it may be due to a natural disaster, death of a family member, a family breakdown, drug or gambling problems, retrenchment, domestic violence or alcohol, mental health issues or chronic illness. Often …

…SES that consist of community members, many of whom are volunteers assisting people suffering form a natural disaster. Neighbours of families dealing with a crisis also often provide support in terms of generally being aware of the situation and being prepared to help out whenever necessary, for example there may be a signal between neighbours to alert them in a time of crisis so they can take action to try and avoid worst case scenarios.