3hrs case study

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Individual Problems and Goals Case Study

Select one of the following three case studies in Ch. 6 of The Helping Process:   ·       Case Susanna ·       Case James and Samantha ·       Case Alicia and Montford Identify three to five problems in the case study you have selected. Write a 500- to 700-word paper that includes the following: ·       A problem-solving strategy and a goal for each problem ·       The services, resources, and supports the client may need and why ·       A description of how goals are measurable and realistically attainable for the client

Here is the case studies Exercise 3: Careful Assessment The following case studies are about Susanna, James, Samantha, Alicia, and Montford, all homeless children attending school. The principal of the school has asked you to conduct an assessment of these children and provide initial recommendations. Before you begin this exercise, go to the website that accompanies this book: www. wadsworth.com/counseling/mcclam, Chapter Three, Link 1, to read more about homeless families and children. Susanna Susanna is 15 years old. Th e city where she lives has four schools: two elementary, one middle, and one high school. Th ere are about 1,500 students enrolled in the city/county school district and about 450 in the local high school that Susanna is attending. For the past six months, Susanna has been living with her boyfriend and his parents. Prior to this, she left her mother’s home and lived on the streets. She is pregnant and her boyfriend’s parents want her to move out of their home. Her father lives in a town with his girlfriend, about 50 miles from the city. Her mother lives outside the city with Susanna’s baby brother. Right now Susanna’s mother is receiving child support for the two children. Susanna wants to have a portion of the child support so that she can find a place of her own to live. Her mother says that the only way that Susanna can have access to that money is to move back home. Susanna refuses to move back in with her mother. You receive a call from the behavior specialist at Susanna’s high school. Susanna’s mother is at the school demanding that Susanna be withdrawn from school. Susanna’s mother indicates that Susanna will be moving in with her and will be enrolling in another school district. Currently Susanna is not doing very well in school. She misses school and she tells the helper it is because she is tired and that she does not have good food to eat. She has not told the helper that she is looking for a place to live. Right now she is failing two of her classes and she has one B and two Ds. Her boyfriend has missed a lot of school, too. James and Samantha James is 10 years old and he has a sister, Samantha, who is 8. At the beginning of the school year, both of the children were attending Boone Elementary School. Both children live with their aunt and uncle; their parents are in prison. In the middle of the school year, the aunt picked up the children one afternoon and told them that they were going to move that evening. They picked up their clothes and a few toys and moved into a shelter. Th ey didn’t know that this was a shelter for women and children who were being abused. Th e children were brokenhearted to leave their school. They had good friends there; James was head of the safety patrol and was the star of the choir and drama club. Samantha played with her best friend Carrie every day and all of her friends called her the “teacher’s pet.” Samantha says that she understands why she needs to go to another school, but James is angry that he has to transfer. Th e staff at the shelter tried to work out transportation back to the school but school officials told James and Samantha’s aunt that the children could not transfer back into the old district. James and Samantha are referred to the school behavioral specialist. Alicia and Montford About a year ago, Alicia and Montford, ages 6 and 7, moved into the New Horizon homeless shelter for families. They have been living there with their mom and dad for the past six months. Th e family may only stay at the shelter until the end of the month. The assistant principal at the local elementary school just called you to ask for assistance. Both Alicia and Montford are not performing very well in school and they are constantly fighting with their classmates and with their teachers. Neither of the children can read at grade level. Both have low math scores, and they have limited social skills. For example, yesterday Montford hit a kindergarten girl because she broke in line in front of him. He told his teacher to “go to hell” when she took him to the principal’s office. He never completes his work and never brings his homework to school. If the teacher sends a report home for his mom and dad to sign, he does not return the form. Alicia tries to fade into the background at school, and she is equally unresponsive. She will not talk in class to her classmates or to her teacher. She just sits in the classroom and stares or puts her head on her desk. At recess she sits in the corner by herself. If she is made to play with the other children, she cries and runs off . Because the state tests begin in the next month, the teacher and the principal are concerned about Alicia’s and Montford’s scores. Th e school has been on probation because of the regulations from the No Child Left Behind Act. Every score is important to the school administration. You, as the mental health services coordinator, have been called to talk with the parents about motivating these two children.