For this assignment, explore the websites below. As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. Be sure to note which websites you used.

(Review the Internet Primer section of this OLC for some tips on how to judge the quality or reliability of information on any website.)

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/complexity/Chalquist2.html
A Paradigm Shift From Lines To Circles: Twelve Characteristics of a Family System
This web article provides an example of the impact of general thinking about complexity in the particular context of family therapy, and is in turn a contribution to creating a general structure for thinking about complexity. Also provided is a set of links to sites of interest in connection with family therapy. These provide practical information and may serve as well as a resource for thinking further about brain and behavior.

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0875630.html
Households and Family Structure
This webpage provides numerous tables and figures evaluating different aspects of family structure.

http://www.ncadv.org/
National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
NCADV is dedicated to the empowerment of battered women and their children and therefore is committed to the elimination of personal and societal violence in the lives of battered women and their children.

http://www.divorcenet.com/
DivorceNet.com
This website offers extensive information about divorce, including forms, state-by-state professional services, bulletin boards, and more.

http://www.divorcecentral.com/
Divorce Central
The Divorce Central team has developed this website to offer help, support, and information, and to give you the opportunity to communicate with others who are in various stages of decision-making, mourning, mediating, settling, litigating, and just plain "dealing" with divorce.

Option:
As an alternative, you may do a search for other relevant websites that address these topics. If you choose this option, be sure to note which websites you used by answering the following questions:

1			What is the URL or address for this site?
2			Who created the site? (This may be an individual, an organization, or an institution. For some websites, it's difficult to determine who is responsible for the content. If that is the case for the website you looked at, indicate that here.)

Describe the website, and react to the content of the website.

3			Write down the URL of the website or websites you explored for this assignment. If you selected more than one, you may compare the sites. Which one was the easiest to navigate? Which one had the most useful information? Which one would you come back to for further information, or recommend to others?
4			Is this site effective, in your opinion?
5			If so, what elements does it have that make it a good site? If not, what elements would you recommend to make it better?
6			How does this information support the readings in your textbook?
7			Add any other comments you would like to share. For example, would you recommend this site to your classmates or friends? Did you experience frustration with any aspect of this assignment?