The Importance Of Ecological Systems Theory

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According to Karen K. Kirst-Ashman, micro system focuses on the individual that includes social, biological, and health systems. The client’s mezzo group refers to a small group of people like their family whether biological or inferred as well as members of their place of employment, and their social circles. Macro system is a system the individual client may not be directly aware of. It includes policies, working toward positive change, and improving the local economy on their behalf (Kirst-Ashman, 2015). On a personal note today, I will discuss the Ecological Systems Theory as it pertains to my early to later life. During my childhood years, 6-16 years old, I was a relatively healthy child, biologically speaking. I did and do suffer severe headaches, but due to my mother’s severe anxieties doctors were never consulted. With my mother’s mental health struggles, the social environment my sisters and I had was virtually non-existent as we were never allowed to attend functions whether they were friend or school related, nor were we allowed to have any social interactions in our home with anyone outside ourselves. Not being able to stay after school for help, attend school functions, and inability to join extracurricular activities had a profound impact on our lack of knowledge and …show more content…

We didn’t have a car, new clothes, vacations, sack lunches, as we got “free” hot lunch, or weather appropriate clothes. We were taught that college was for rich people and that we would never go. Our mother told us we could drop-out of high school saying, “If I can drop out and make it, so can you”. I don’t believe she knew any better, as our method of survival was welfare and food stamps, which isn’t really surviving. If it weren’t for our maternal grandparents we would have starved. And so, while our mezzo group was small, grandparents, they were a vital part of our

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