Case Study of Michelle Travis S. Patterson Kaplan University Introduction Michelle is a 32 year old heterosexual, Mexican American female. Michelle is facing the possibility of traveling down a path of no return and possibility of losing custody of her twin girls (7 year old). She was arrested last week for possession of heroin with intent to sale. She also tested positive for heroin and marijuana, which added to her charges. She has no prior history of treatment and is unwilling to partake in treatment even though it was ordered by the court. Michelle has also been known to have a violent streak in her as well. She has launched against her live-in boyfriend where she pulled a knife on him and tried to kill him after an alcohol and heroin abuse dueled night. She was arrested that night as well for the attempt on her boyfriend life, when he called the police. Family and Social History: During the interview, Michelle informs me that when she feels outraged, she blacks out sometimes for long periods of time. During these episodes, she hears the voice of her deceased father who was a drug abuser and who was abusive to her mother and the entire family. Her father raised them including their cousins to be tough and strong. Michelle was made to fight against her brothers and cousins to make tough at least in her father’s eyes that is what he thought he was doing. Growing up in poverty on the West side of Memphis, Tennessee, she was exposed early to drugs and (marijuana and
Ms. Smith is a 30 year old single, Caucasian female referred for a psychosocial assessment by DOC Parole Officer Ward. She reports she was released from prison 2 months ago after a 3 year sentence for attempted escape due to not notifying her probation officer of her address change. Ms. Smith states due to her past substance use history and trauma experience her referral sources ordered counseling to address complex issues related to her emotional and physical well-being.
Presenting Problem: She has a hx of multiple failed placements and relates being placed in the programs for her substance abuse, anger and aggression. She has 2 past suicide attempmts one from an attempted hanging and the other from attempting to jump off a building. She reported feeling homicidal 7-8 times against her stepfather. Rhonda reported physical and emotional abuse from maternal uncle and incidents of sexual assault btwn the ages of 6 and 12.
DATA: The team met today with Carmen’s therapist and peer counselors at the treatment center. Carmen, a 15 year old, Hispanic female recently relapsed and was arrested for drugs. As a result, Carmen is mandated to in patient drug treatment for 30 days.
I have a loved one, who was forced to go to rehab to help lessen her punishment for a charge she received for fighting in school. As a fifteen year old, rehab isn’t the top on the to-do list. So they do whatever they can to get out the fastest they can. Once they’re out, all is good for about a month, and that’s usually when the old habits start to kick back in. The old friends start to come around, bringing the same drugs around as well, not to feel peer pressured, but let’s be real for a second, no fifteen year old is going to pass up a good time with a long lost friend. So, the downward spiral begins again. But this time, probation is a key factor, because the rehab gig was court ordered. So now when she fails her next drug test, they give her a warning and add an extra month onto probation. And the next? Not quite, she’s arrested and put in the back of a squad car and sent to York County Detention Center for Juveniles. For thirty whole days and then back to rehab for thirty more. When we got family visitations, of course she is so emotional, ready to change and come home to make everything right. But can we really believe her this time? She’s lied, stolen and manipulated all of her loved ones so many times, it’s of course hard to trust her word. Luckily for us, lockup and rehab helped her. She realized she let the ones who love her the most down, but we never left her side and she’s more appreciative than ever. She’s now
The intended audience for this speech was young women who aspire to become a better woman independently. Even though the actual audience was young women, the place where she gave a speech was the best place to show the similarity between Michelle Obama and her intended audience. The school was “girls-only, inner-city, its pupils, of whom 20% are the children of refugees... 92% of whom are from a black or minority background”(Cadwalladr, 2009, para.9). She says, “ I want you to know that we have very much in common”(1:24). Then, “I did not raise with wealth or resources or any social standing to speak of, and I raised on the Southside of Chicago. That is the real part of Chicago”(1:50). She uses her personal statement to lose the gap between
She makes an emotional connection with her speech. In fact, she uses personal stories referring to her husband, Barack Obama and her two daughters. Michelle Obamas says, “See, because at that moment, I realized that our time in the White House would form the foundation for who they would become, and how well we managed this experience could truly make or break them.” She uses her daughters as a great example to connect with those supporters who have kids. She gives the example of how she has advised her own daughters to ignore the questions regarding their father’s citizenship and faith. The type of ignorance and cruelty is something that doesn’t have to be explained to our kids. She goes into detail and uses herself as an example how being the First Lady means great responsibility and being a great role model to her
Erica Harris is Southeast Texas number one anchor woman, and KBMT-TV, Beaumont Texas. She came into Texas Southern University campus as Erika Randal. She stated that Texas Southern University is her foundation and her rock. Many people here were a mentor and bright to her. Erika’s course changed when she met Ms. Walker. She started as a print of Journalism major and knew that there was a future for her in broadcasting journalism. She did not get one camera job as a graduate. It took Erika a little while, to have a camera job as she work at Fox 26 station Houston being an intern of Texas Southern University.
Rosa Lee Cunningham is a 52 year old African American women with an addiction of heroin. Rosa Lee grew up in poverty. Her mother and father were sharecroppers who had migrated to the city. Rosa Lee had eight children, six boys and two girls. She was 14 years old when she had her first born. While pregnant with her first child, Rosa Lee dropped out of school without having the ability to learn how to read. At the age of 16, Rosa got married. Because Rosa Lee didn’t have a productive role model in life, she
Michelle knight is a 34 year old Caucasian women who was born April 1981, later on moving to Cleveland Ohio where she was raised (Knight, 2015). Growing up she recalls not having a good relationship with her mother, she remembers “a chaotic childhood marked by neglect and abuse” (Connors, 2014). In school she was bullied and eventually sexually assaulted “By a group of males “resulting in her dropping out of school and later finding out her had become pregnant as a result of the assault (DURANTE, ROBSON & WARREN, 2013). Soon after she gave birth to a baby boy she named joey, when joey was around two years old he was taken to the hospital and treated for a broken leg, Michelle stated that her mother’s boyfriend
Crystal was a 43-year-old waitress from three forks. Her husband is a convenience store manager and she currently has her own 2 teenage children living with her as well as a nephew, all of who depend on her and her husband. Thus far she had been in custody for 6 weeks. Crystal had been a lifetime user, when asked what her drug of choice was she gave the response “anything and everything”. Crystal admitted to using meth, coke, weed, pain pills, and heroin intravenously. Her first drug offense happened while living in Missoula at the age of 28 where she started prison almost twelve years ago. Following that sentence Crystal had been sober for six years, until she had to have a hip surgery that led her back down the path of drug abuse. She has many prior offenses and recently served 4 years in prison of a ten year suspended sentence. Had crystal not agreed to drug court there was a possibility that the 10 year sentence by Lewis and Clark county would have been reinstated and she would have gone back to prison for the 6 remaining years of that sentence. After treatment court and her current situation and options had been explained to her Crystal signed a contract and was therefore accepted into the treatment court program. It was explained to her that she must comply with all the requirements of drug court, and she was provided with a backpack containing an alarm clock, day planner, meeting schedule, bus route and schedule, as well as the blue book. The backpack is courtesy of the friends of treatment court, a local group of citizens who want to see participants succeed and return to a normal life. Crystal’s goals after the completion of Treatment court are to finish her degree, and become a productive member of
Latarsha Rogers is an unfit mom she sells her food stamp for drugs and leaves the kids on other people why she going from car to car having sex for drugs such as weed powder pills She does it every time but when you all send dhs to the house they doesn't do anything because she tells them people lying on her but soon as dhs leave she beat those kids and go to Charleston and have them standing on corner while men's touch them for money. She tells the kids if they tell she is going to punch them in the mouth or drown them when she put them in the tub or she beat them with whatever she gets her hands on. The parent has been asked about the allegations. She will say
Case Study: Sheila's Substance Use and Crisis Treatment Plans Sheila is a single 35 years old mother who lost two sons to child welfare authorities and currently lives in a shelter (Confederation College, 2018). She has been dependent on alcohol for about 20 years (Confederation College, 2018). She has a track record of offenses, such as shoplifting and selling illegal drugs (Confederation College, 2018). At this present time, she has a court case coming up for stealing and assaulting a police officer while under the influence of alcohol (Confederation College, 2018). In the past, she was taken advantage of sexually by her father, who physically abused her brother and her mother (Confederation College, 2018).
The worker contacted Brittany Coleman, the sister of Jessica Farrand. Mrs. Coleman stated” I don’t think the children are being properly taken care of because Jessica is erratic, emotionally unstable, and she and Steven Burke both have a drug and alcohol problems”. Mrs. Coleman stated “Jessica is in an abusive relationship with Steven and he has put a gash on her forehead so bad my mother had to take her to the hospital. Jessica originally told my mother she fell and got the gash, but later admitted to me it was from fighting with Steven”. Mrs. Coleman stated “Jessica doesn’t talk to her children, all she does is scream, yell, and curse at them they don’t get any help from her they’re defenseless”. Mrs. Coleman stated “The children live in
Melissa Roberts has many careers in being a professional hospice chaplain, meditation and stress-management teacher, and freelance writer. She has received a Master's degree from Virginia Theological Seminary in Theological Studies. Roberts currently shares her meditations and stress-reduction techniques at the Wellness Center and on the internet. She has created a college course that covers the topic on relaxation and a stress-management and she presents the information to local businesses and organizations.
A couple of culture-specific protective factors that may have helped Andrea cope with the racism that she faced church attendance, community involvement, and family. Church attendance would have helped Andrea by helping her recognize that racism exist and helping her forgive. If Andrea isn’t religious, her community might also have helped her cope with the racism she faced. She could've created a support group with other individuals that have also faced racism. Her family could of helped her with social support such as caring, love and affection.