1. The uses of family assessment: introduction -- 2. The framework for family assessment -- The problem -- The family as a system -- 3. The family in space and time -- The family and it environment -- The family life cycle -- 4. Methods of assessment -- The interview -- Ecomap -- Genogram -- Family sculpture -- 5. Observation and checklists -- Observation -- Checklist and inventory -- 6. Assessing your own capacities to do assessment -- Assessing a family interview -- 7. Relating assessment to intervention.