The Problem Of Client Development

Child C is a seven year old boy. Having read through the referral form I am aware that Child C had been displaying aggressive and angry behaviour in school. He comes from an unsettled home life and has experienced a high level of domestic violence within his family home. Child C has spent time living with his grandmother

is 8 year old Caucasian male who has a younger brother. He was taken from his biological parents who was on drugs thus client B. suffers from intense abuse and neglect. He and his brother was left with his father’s mother who had a schizophrenic diagnosis years of neglect and abuse. He had been to five foster homes over a 5 years period and to each he was abused physically, emotionally, mentally and sexually. Client B. has no friends and during the time in the foster homes, his biological mother would only call to say she is trying to getting him back. Client B. is now adopted by a new parents and is now living in a caring environment but he is still struggling with mistrust issues, hurts, and low-self-esteem and anger issues. His adoption parents is very concern and want to see him become less distressed and open to the care and love that they are sharing. Client B. has developed some medical issues which was of concern to the medical provider was called in children services to check in on

Client (AM) is a 20-year-old heterosexual African American female, born in Durham, and currently still resides there. Her primary language is English. She lives with her 13 moth old child (NM) in a one-bedroom apartment. The client is unemployed and currently receives SSI benefits. AM resides in subsidized housing because of her social security income. Client did not finish high school and has no desire to do so.

The service user I chose to assess is a 17-year-old Hispanic male whose modified name is Ricardo Sanchez. I provided casework services to Ricardo for two years in my previous role as a Therapeutic Caseworker at my current workplace, the Children’s Village, a foster care agency. Ricardo was placed in foster care after he was removed from his father’s care due to verbal and physical abuse. Ricardo’s father assumed his custody after Ricardo’s mother passed over a drug overdose when he was 15. This was Ricardo’s second time in foster care. Ricardo’s first foster care experience happened when he was 10 years-old as a result of alleged physical abuse by his mother, who at the time had full custody of Ricardo. The report was made by Ricardo’s third grade teacher after noticing bruises on Ricardo’s arms. At the time, Ricardo was only in foster care for two months as

Some children are in foster care, because they were physical abuse by one or both parents. The parents have physically abused the child

Client is a married father of two young children ages 5 and 7. He resides in a home he leases in the city of Corona, CA. He works 9AM to 5PM Monday through Friday at a call center where he has been employed for six months. Outside of work and home, his social circle is limited to a

Vignette 1 for Developmental Delay: Demetrius is a 41 month old boy. He is an only child and lives with both parents who remain married to date. Demetrius currently resides in a split-level home, with 6 steps leading to the upper level and 9 steps leading to the lower level. His family has limited financial resources, no close relatives that live within a 1-hour driving distance, and few local community contacts. Demetrius has recently been referred to a nearby Children’s Treatment Centre to address functional issues stemming from developmental delays in multiple domains: gross and fine motor, functional emotional, and communication and language. Demetrius was diagnosed with global developmental delay at 38 months of age and is currently being

The client also has a strong relationship with her children and is involved in their educational needs.

Javon was placed in therapeutic foster by order of the court on October 2, 2015. His previous guardian, Ms. Terrell had sought psychological testing for Javon on numerous occasions, but never felt she was able to access the community resources and after-care appropriate help for Javon’s diagnoses. She reports not being able to obtain SSI benefits for Javon that would allow for additional treatment and supervision in the community. There is no prior involvement with the Department of Social Services or Child Protective Services.

For this research paper my client will be known as H.C. This particular client has suffered from multiple diagnoses during his time at Sonoma Developmental Center (SDC). My client has lived at SDC since 1947, at the age of 13 years old. H.C. willingly came to SDC when his family could no longer cope with his behaviors. He liked to be independent and was an active worker when he worked at his job sites. H.C. had a bundle of past achievements that he enjoyed mentioning to his aides by pointing at pictures. At a frail age H.C. could do his activities of daily living, but needs assistance from time to time. Physically H.C. was a short man with balding white hair and had poor eyesight so he wore glasses. His walking gait was failing and his feet would shift against the floor, so he had a walker that he could use. He was socially withdrawn and would only communicate when he felt that his needs were pressed. He had trouble finding words to communicate what he wanted to say and would like to do things on his own rather than relying on staff. He also lived by his set schedule, so anytime there was an appointment set for him he needed to be reminded before his day began.

In one of the homes that he has stayed in did not allow him to be free. He was either at school studying and when he came home, they had him like a servant. Back and forth cleaning for the others. Even for his two foster brothers that also attended the same school as him. He could not stand the way that he was being treated, so he began to rebel and days

John presented with anxiety, volatile anger, and potential conduct issues at the age of six. The mother reported that John has witnessed multiple disruptions in the family due to parent’s addictions and divorce. John’s mother went into a recovery center and was released to a transitional housing center approximately one and a half years ago. His mother had visitation rights and John would stay with her in the housing center. Prior to being transferred to my caseload, John was diagnosed with F41.1 Generalized Anxiety Disorder with a rule out of F91.1 Childhood Onset Conduct Disorder, and was seen by a licensed clinician at another facility for approximately one year. His treatment goals previous to being transferred were to display developmentally appropriate behavior and reduce his aggression toward others. John was resistant to treatment.

My client, whom I will call “Jay,” is an eight-year-old, African-American boy, who was referred to our agency by his mother who wanted him to get “any services he could get for free.” He has some emotional and behavioral deficiencies, and does not handle stress well. He has frequent outbursts in class, and reacts without thinking. He needs to work on his interaction skills, and develop strategies that will help him use his words instead of physical reactions when he is frustrated. Because his trigger is frustration, he needs to learn to respond in a positive manner to his peers and teachers. Also, “Jay” needs to learn how to think and act independently.

I: Facilitator contacted CSW to discuss client’s services. FF expressed to CSW that client’s foster father would like to end wraparound services. FF explained that the client is receiving mental health services at UCLA TIES and the client is receiving behavior support at school. FF expressed that client is doing well in his placement, building bonds with the adults and making memories. FF also shared that the client has decrease avoiding, hiding and isolations at school, home and went he meets new people. CSW praised the wrap team and agreed that the client is receiving too many services. CSW expressed that the foster father feel overwhelmed with

As the client was struggling to tell his story, I offered the suggestion of working collaboratively on a timeline (Appendix A) which might help us gain a shared understanding of what was going on for him and would help to formulate goals and highlight his strengths and resources, which he willingly agreed to (McLeod & McLeod, 2016). This process evolved over a couple of sessions and I remained empathic, curious, open-minded and respectful whilst continually monitoring the client's verbal and non-verbal communication (Cooper & McLeod, 2011). I used Socratic and open-ended questioning which elicited a collaborative discussion and allowed the client’s story to unfold. The client never felt loved or wanted by his parents and their constant verbal