There are family characteristics that may provide significant information about their challenges and strengths, which then may be useful when assessing and providing services. Often, the strengths can be used to resolve family challenges and to enhance overall family functioning. To identify areas of challenges and strengths, social workers observe verbal communication patterns, nonverbal communication patterns, member roles, personal and family challenges or strengths, family norms and cultural patterns, and other influencing systems in the family’s environment. To increase your assessment skills, in this Assignment you observe a family in counseling and identify challenges and possible interventions to address them.