Using Engagement Skills in Social Work Practice

Parker Family Episode 1

Parker Family Episode 1 Program Transcript

MISS PARKER: I can't believe you did this.

MRS. PARKER: Shut up! You had it coming.

MISS PARKER: Got what coming?

FEMALE SPEAKER: Please, Ms. Parker. I was telling your mother here that I was referred by the social worker in her day program.

MISS PARKER: What did you say? What lies did you tell?

MRS. PARKER: Not lies, the truth. You're always yelling at me and throwing out my stuff.

MISS PARKER: Like you can tell! All this mess! You're choking me with it! I am not the one with the problem. She is. Just look!

MRS. PARKER: That's right. Go to your room and sulk baby girl and leave my cats alone.

FEMALE SPEAKER: How many cats do you have, Mrs. Parker?

MRS. PARKER: Six. One big family.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Can you explain what's happening here? I can see that you're very angry with your daughter. Her name's Stephanie, right?

MRS. PARKER: Yes. Princess Stephanie. You want to help me? Tell the princess to stop throwing out my stuff.

FEMALE SPEAKER: Well that's not something I am able to do. I think the best course is for me to assign an intensive case manager to help work with you on your home situation.

MRS. PARKER: What do you mean?

FEMALE SPEAKER: You'll work together, set up goals for your relationship with Stephanie, how to deal with the two of you living here. Mrs. Parker?

MRS. PARKER: Maybe. All this fighting has to stop.

FEMALE SPEAKER: I want to go talk to Stephanie, Mrs. Parker. But first, I want to ask you some general questions. May I?

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Parker Family Episode 1

MRS. PARKER: OK.

FEMALE SPEAKER: OK. How long have you and Stephanie lived in this apartment?

[KNOCKING]

Hello, Miss. Parker?

MISS PARKER: Come on in out of that garbage dump. I knew you'd want to talk. It's quite a difference, isn't it? It's the only place I can feel like I can breathe around here.

FEMALE SPEAKER: May I sit down? I understand that you're very angry with your mother. I heard you say earlier that you want your home to be clean.

MISS PARKER: Wouldn't you? You saw it.

FEMALE SPEAKER: How long has it been like this?

MISS PARKER: Since my dad died about three years ago. It's gotten worse lately. Every time I try to clean anywhere outside of this room, throw something away, she freaks out. I have to keep this in here. The last time I tried cleaning up, she chased me with it, swinging it like some crazy woman. I don't know how much more of this I can take. I just want to hit her with it.

FEMALE SPEAKER: I understand that this is very difficult for you because your mother gets so angry when you try to clean house. That's why I'm making a referral for an intensive case manager. I've already spoken with your mother about this.

MISS PARKER: Do you really think that you and your case manager are going to make a difference? My mother is getting dementia and the princess is bipolar. She and I, we're like gasoline and fire. You really think you can fix that?

Parker Family Episode 1 Additional Content Attribution

MUSIC: Music by Clean Cuts

Original Art and Photography Provided By: Brian Kline and Nico Danks

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