Child Abuse Case Summary

of the therapy, the client meets the therapist to describe specific problems and to set goals they

David Smith the boy’s father was charged because he failed to intervene when it was

Child abuse is when a parent or caregiver, through action or failure to act, causes injury, death, emotional harm or risk of serious harm to a child. According to The Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, as amended by the CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010, at a minimum, child abuse and neglect is defined as, "Any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker which results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse or exploitation"; or "An act or failure to act which presents an imminent risk of serious harm (Children 's Bureau, 2010)." The law recognizes a child as being any person who is under the age of 18. The law is broken into 2 sections, and each section treats the idea of child maltreatment in different ways. Criminally, those who abuse children are able to be arrested and prosecuted in court. Civil statutes say that people who suspect a child of being abused are mandated to identify and report it.

Michelle Coleman is a 25-year-old Caucasian divorced mother of three children ranging from ages 1 to 6. She is currently receiving services at The Arc of Bradford. Michelle has been divorced from her ex-husband James for three months due to domestic violence. There has been several incidents reported to the police and she now has a standing restraining order against James, he is prohibited from seeing her and the children. Michelle and her three child have been receiving regular public assistance to include housing vouchers, food stamps, and she is also utilizing the TANF program to enable her in providing for the children without the assistance of ex-husband James. Michelle is a high school graduate but has never worked. With aid from the

The broad therapeutic goals are to ultimately help the client live a fulfilling life, without the maladaptive thoughts that they are having, which brought them to therapy. This ultimate goal can be accomplished by changing the client’s current thoughts, which are causing them unease, to more positive and/or healthy ones. Clients need to examine how they dealt with situations in the past, and determine what worked, and what did not, so that they can change the strategies that didn’t work. When clients realize that they can change their thoughts, this will trickle down and change their emotions and behaviors as well. Once they understand this, it will help them to live healthier lives. One of the goals is also to equip the client with the necessary tools so that they can cope with situations on their own.

Every parent’s nightmare is what happened between an unnamed mother’s son and his babysitter. The son, now 15, alleges that 33-year-old Bridgette Penn sexually molested him when he was around 10 or 11. Penn also allegedly touched the teen later in that same year. The teen had told his mother about the incident this past summer. Penn, who babysat the teen when he was younger, is currently being charged with 1st Degree Child Sexual Assault. The complaint was filed on Nov 2, 2017. The victim is currently undergoing counseling for depression.

The patient was brought in by her boyfriend and his mother after she expressed that she was going to kill herself. On June 19th, she expressed to her boyfriend that she had thoughts of either taking pills or crashing her car to end her life. The patient denies ever using illicit substances or drinking alcohol. She denies any access to firearms. She reports that the thoughts “come out of nowhere” and have increased in frequency over the last two weeks. The patient states that she has a good relationship with her boyfriend and his family as well as her own family. She denies any history of verbal and physical abuse from her boyfriend. The patient reports that she is excited about starting a nursing program at Southern Connecticut State University

In the sixth scenario case, a volunteer doctor at clinic finds a twelve year old girl to be preganant. In the case, the girl is crying when I, the CPS worker, arrive. Once the doctor talks to the girl about sexual abuse and if she was abused, the girl becomes agitated. Also, when the girl is asked about her home life, she says that she lives along with her father and that her mother is dead. As a CPS worker, or any individual, its strange to hear from the girl that her father calls her his “lady.” Calling her this term adds suspician as a father normally does not give his daughter that title. Even though her father denies sexual contact with the girl, he claims to have a buddy that often helps out and watches his daughter when the father is working an extra shift for more money.

On 4/4/17, Hennepin County Child Protection accepted a report of alleged neglect and failure to ensure the education of her child, Leo Washington, by mother, Kristen Letellier. Per reporter Leo has 9 full unexcused days.

The client’s family structure was disrupted by divorced when he was between the ages of 12 or 13. Prior to the divorce his mother did not work outside the home, his father was employed as a civil engineer. He describes his family as “not rich, but always had food on the table”. Client stated that “his family attended a Christian church when he was a child, but no longer attends church”. Client reported “his father was in foster care”, no other additional information was reported concerning his father’s growing up years, nor any information concerning the mother’s family or growing up years. The client describes his father as “harsh physical punishment-till he was “old enough to fight back”, but he did not consider the physical punishment as abusive. After the divorce, the client’s mother moved to California, the client resided with his father: the relationship between his parents varies from no contact with the mother to some contact with the father. The client reported that both parents are still living, but he is not close to his mother. His father lives closer and he contacts him for the holidays and talks to him once or twice per month by phone. The client had an uncle who committed suicide.

Arrived at 99 Valley Drive, Fenton around 1P, and met with Chloe Hahn & her Gma Hilda Richardson.

Destiny reporter that her adoptive dad (Mark) started sexually molesting her when she was 13. The abuse is ongoing. On 5/27/18, Destiny ran away with her bio mom (unknown) who called Leake County Police Department. The police department brought Destiny to Brentwood on 5/29/18 because the adoptive parents (Mark and Lisa) reported that she ran away. The police department thought Destiny should be at Brentwood. Reporter has not details of the abuse. There are no witnesses. Destiny did not mention if her two younger adopted sibling are being abused. Besides Destiny’s mom, the only person Destiny informed about the abuse is a friend named Hailey. Destiny is not showing any signs or behavior related to sexual abuse. Reporter stated

The victim is weak and cannot ambulate independently. The reporter stated that the victim doesnt have paralysis but she's able to move her hands and legs but cannot walk. Amber states her grandmother isnt bathed, her diapers are not changed, she does not eat properly and only eats junk food, her diapers are not changed, she's left at home alone for days at a time, her son yells at her, and he will not allow anyone in the home to visit or help with the victim. Amber stated that her father is an alcoholic, he uses crack, and he takes the money her grandmother receives and spends it in five days on drugs and liquor. Amber states she last witnessed her father use crack a month ago but she did not contact DHS or law enforcement at that time. The

When therapist asked client what she wants to get out of and accomplish in therapy, client states, “I want to feel better myself and I want a stronger relationship with God. I don’t want to feel sad or depressed anymore. I want to have friends and most of all, I want to get my grades up so that I can keep my scholarship and stay in school.” Client and therapist will mutually work together to develop specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time limited short-term objectives that will assist client in reaching her overarching long-term goals. Furthermore, I have constructed a treatment plan that will assist client in working on improving her problems, decrease negative feelings and behaviors/increase positive feelings