Gonzales Case Study

Josie Mendez-Negrete’s novel, Las Hijas de Juan: Daughters Betrayed, is a very disturbing tale about brutal domestic abuse and incest.  Negrete’s novel is an autobiography regarding experiences of incest in a working-class Mexican American family.  It is Josie Mendez-Negrete’s story of how she, her siblings, and her mother survived years of violence and sexual abuse at the hands of her father.  “Las Hijas de Juan" is told chronologically, from the time Mendez-Negrete was a child until she was a young adult trying, along with the rest of her family, to come to terms with her father 's brutal legacy. It is a upsetting story of abuse and shame compounded by cultural and linguistic isolation and a system of patriarchy that devalues the

Raul Salazar is a fourth grade student who transferred from a small private school to a large public school; he was referred to the school’s multidisciplinary team due to concerns regarding his difficulties in school and his home life.

CNN journalist, John Blake, takes interest in a book written by Laurence Gonzales about why certain people survive while others do not. In Miraculous Survivors, Laurence Gonzales points out, that people with these certain traits are more likely to survive, than people who do not have those certain traits. One of the first traits Gonzales mentions is, survivors do not declare themselves as victims. He explains that survivors do not feel helpless with in complicated situations. They do not expect someone else to rescue them. Gonzales notes, “These are people who tend to have a view of the world that doesn't paint them as a victim . . . They’re not whiners”. They figure out a way to get out or fix this complicated situation on their

The Sanchez family is the typical Latino extended family that you find in most neighborhoods. The mother, Celia Sanchez doesn’t speak much English she’s mainly surrounded by people who speak Spanish. As a Latino mother she’s very religious attends church and participates in church events where she gets food as well. Since Celia’s English is limited this was an impediment during school conferences and other situations that she has faced. Celia wants to apply for food stamps, but her husband Hector doesn’t agree and is completely against it. I kind of understand where Hector is coming from being the man of the house he feels that he needs to provide for his family and thinks he’s responsible for

During Alejandro’s first years, he has had a turbulent life. When he was born, the medical staff had noted that he had methamphetamine in his bloodstream; Ms. C. had used the substance within four days before his birth. Alejandro had also been witness to domestic violence–watching as his father pinned down his mother and bit her cheek, drawing blood. During his second year of life, DCFS had placed Alejandro in a total of four different Los Angeles County foster homes.

The deposition of Dr. Joe Gonzales occurred on March 16, 2016. Dr. Gonzalez was retained by Plaintiff as an expert in this case and was requested to prepare a life care plan for Plaintiff’s future medical care needs. Dr. Gonzales has served as a life care planner since 1988, when he received is license to practice medicine. He became a certified life care planner in 2006. He is a medical doctor in San Antonio who is board certified in physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain medicine, and occupational and environmental medicine. Half of his work consists of treating patients and the other half consists of preparing life care plans related to litigation. When he does life care planning work, 85-90% of that work is on behalf of the plaintiffs in the respective litigation. He sees on average 20-50 patients a week in his medical practice. He has not practiced in a hospital in at least 10 years.

(i.e. products that they get to order only once because of long supplier lead times). First they determine a forecast for an item and then they have a process for converting that forecast into an order quantity.

The UFW during Chavez's tenure was committed to restricting immigration. Chavez and Dolores Huerta, cofounder and president of the UFW, fought the Bracero Program that existed from 1942 to 1964. Their opposition stemmed from their belief that the program undermined U.S. workers and exploited the migrant workers. Since the Bracero Program ensured a constant supply of cheap immigrant labor for growers, immigrants could not protest any infringement of their rights, lest they be fired and replaced. Their efforts contributed to Congress ending the Bracero Program in 1964. In 1973, the UFW was one of the first labor unions to oppose proposed employer sanctions that would have prohibited hiring illegal immigrants. Later during the 1980s, while Chavez

At the time, the direness of a situation could make a person do anything to survive, and he/she might only see the full scope afterwards. This can be seen in Officer Gonzales’ and Lima’s confessions. They both said that New Orleans was like a third-world country or a place of anarchy. This made both of them uneasy, Lima saying “My state of mind was rattled.” Under the threat of gangs, Lima and Gonzales arrested Zeitoun and his three friends but only later did they realize that Zeitoun et al were innocent; Gonzales eventually expressed his regret. Zeitoun also fought for life by enduring prison treatment with his deteriorating physical condition. He also felt guilty that he could not comfort his worrying wife and children because of his choice to stay in New Orleans that wound him up in

During the initial assessment, Mr. Jose Rodriguez, a 36 year old Hispanic male, asked to be evaluated for stress and anxiety. He was accompanied by his sister, Adriana Barrera, and his wife Rosy Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez has a prior military history with little or no combat engagements. The initial assessment revealed that Mr. Rodriguez father whom he had a close relationship had passed away about a year ago. Mr. Rodriguez has been married for 16 years and has three children. On February 20, 2017 an initial assessment was conducted from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. Instruments used were the Juhnke-Balkin Life Balance Inventory,and the Beck Anxiety Inventory.

Arroyo Fresco (AF) currently provides services through eleven clinics and four mobile service vans across western Arizona. The three counties that are served through AF provide high quality primary care and preventative services to demographic areas with diverse geography, culture, income, and other varying factors (“Arroyo Fresco,” 2006). The facility guides its decision making process for organizational strategies with the combination of FOCUS and SWOT analysis. This allows for a well-rounded check and balance system to manage and prepare for current and future strategies for short term and long term processes. The increase in financial demands, consumer

The Ayala Case presented in Case 2 from Chapter nine explains that Anissa “was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (174),” at the age of sixteen. None of Anissa’s family members or candidates from the National Marrow Donor Program was a match with her bone marrow. The only option left was for Anissa’s parents to conceive a child with compatible bone marrow. “…The odds of having a child that could save Anissa’s life (175)” were only 6.4%. Against the low odds, Anissa’s parents had a child named Marissa-Eve that was compatible with Anissa’s bone marrow. At fourteen months, Marissa-Eve’s “bone marrow was used in a transplant to save Anissa’s life. Anissa’s life expectancy surpassed the original numbers she was given, which was three to

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family is currently going through health, housing and economic issues. The Ramirez family consists of the father Mr. Juan Ramirez, age 81. Maria Ramirez, age 42, is the oldest daughter and Olga, age 28 is the youngest. Daughter Maria has two children they are Marco, age 22, who is diagnosed with Autism and daughter Lisa, 17 years old. The social worker has applied the strength perspective and the ecosystems perspective in helping them to assist their issues. The prioritized issues that will be face are Mr. Ramirez health issues, the possibility of loosing their home, and the economic issues the family is facing at the moment. The social work will abide

She also created an image of a woman being victimized by the husband through the repeated use of the word “mistreated”. With this type of set-up which tackles on a negative-based relationship, Gonzales stated a lot of