The genogram is primarily used to identify what?

• A. Family patterns across generations
• B. Academic strengths
• C. Medical history only
• D. Classroom behavior

Answer: (D)

A genogram is a visual map of a family’s relationships and health patterns across generations. It helps you see how family dynamics, medical histories, and recurring issues shape a student’s current situation. By showing who is related to whom, who lived together, marriages/divorces, and patterns like illnesses or behavioral concerns, it reveals intergenerational patterns that can influence present functioning. Academic strengths and classroom behavior are individual indicators and don’t capture those family-wide patterns across generations, while medical history is only one piece of the bigger family history. So the genogram’s main use is to identify family patterns across generations.