After going over Kevin’s case, there are a few problems that pop up immediately. The first being the fact that Kevin and his three brothers are typically not supervised while their mother is at work. My goal here would be to get all four the proper supervision they need at all times. To achieve this goal I would ask the mother if there are any family members, neighbors, or family friends that could look over the four boys while she’s at work. Second, a long-term plan for this goal would to have Kevin eventually be given the responsibility of watching his younger siblings. If there isn’t anyone who could watch them in the mean-time, I would look into child services that could get them the help they require. Another huge problem, in my …show more content…
I would try to get Kevin connected with something he enjoys doing such as sports or music. This ties in with having someone to look up to, since he would then have someone to aspire to be like. A fourth problem in this case is that Kevin doesn’t have communication with his mother. Hopefully, the goal would be to get him to have a good relationship with her and his three younger brothers. To do this I would have both Kevin and his mom discuss their feelings and thoughts with each other, get it all out in the open. It would also be beneficial if they attended therapy together to work through any problems they may have. I would also find things that Kevin can do with each of his younger siblings that can get them to bond. Maybe once he realizes that he does care for his younger siblings, he’ll want to be and do better for them. It’s extremely important for a sixteen year old to have family support. Now that Kevin has been arrested, his mother might begin to find ways to make sure that someone is keeping an eye on him. Since she does care for her son, she would want him to stop getting into the trouble that he has been. This could drastically change Kevin’s environment since one of his biggest issues is hanging out with his fellow gang members. Nothing could truly change unless he no longer associates himself with them. There is always the option of Kevin and his family moving to another neighborhood.
Family History: Charlie grew up with his mother, father, one older sister, and one older brother in the suburbs. His father’s attention is most often on his older brother due to his football dreams. Charlie feels distant from his father, but when they do get time together, they have a good time. His mother was described as loving and constantly worried about Charlie. Charlie description of his 20-year-old brother, Chris, is a really good older brother who always defended him. Chris often fights with their sister who is the middle child, and his dream is to be a pro sports player. Charlie is very protective of his older sister who continues to be in abusive relationships. These relationships cause Charlie a great deal of distress.
This issue being presented throughout the book is very intriguing. Butler suggests that the environment and the surroundings influences people’s actions and behaviors. Throughout the book Kevin has shown a drastic change; even to the point where he develops an accent similar to Rufus’s. For Kevin the influences on him were negative; and not everyone’s environments have negative effects on them. Kevin even comes back from the past, being there for five years, and he does not know how to operate 20th century machines.
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
“Forbes collected their information from the FBI Crime Statistics Database. Since 1985, the total violent crimes in the city have totaled above 8,000 each year” (Jennes). Some Memphians believe that the violence increase among the city because of the gang culture that spread across the whole city. Based on the police data, more than 12,800 documented gang members have been recognized in Memphis city. Almost 2,750 people have become a part of this culture in the past three years, which mean two to three people join every day. Additionally, many gangs that have originated in major states such as California and Chicago have been moved to Memphis, which make most of the committed crimes primarily relate to the gang culture which increased the violent crime rate by 6% last year as Jeremiah Graham and Dominique Jennes mentioned in their article about the Gang activity on the rise among Memphis youth. Most of those who joined and involved in the gang activities are youth because of the carelessness of the family. To give an illustration of what I mean let’s look at the case of the parent’s indifference, when the parental control of the child is not existing, this will lead him to the wrong way with the wrong people. “A child’s home and family are the center of development. One of the most important functions of this matrix is to provide structure and guidance in an effort to encourage and aid children in their socialization and identity development” (Stern et. al.,
In order to do this, a case worker should be given at most 17 families to look after, and more caseworkers should be hired. The social caseworkers should also talk to the foster kids each time they go to the house and make sure they feel safe. If any complaints are made, it should be investigated immediately and the child should be carefully monitored. Another way to reduce abuse within the foster care system, is to have steady consistent training program for case workers. Case workers need to be taught to be stricter and “bring caseloads into compliance.” (Turner) This way, caseworkers will be able to handle the foster families
Tyler is extremely independent, and believes everything has to be earned to be successful. He has been his independent self since the young age of 16. My brother has been living on his own for 3 years. Meaning he has been making his own money because he always tells me no one likes a mooch. Tyler didn’t have any older siblings, so it was up to him to look up to himself. Although he’s independent and thinks everything
His rebellious side may be the worst part of his problem. He doesn't care about school friends his future, nothing. He never really looks into his future. He runs away from school and lives off of a couple of buck and blows it on boo’s. He tell the doctor how he doesn't know if he's going to apply himself when he gets out of the hospital still being immature. He doesn't try and rejects the help that his parents are giving him through the hospital by not taking it serious. He does seem hopeful about getting out even though he doesn't know exactly when that is
A family of four came into counseling. Frank, 43, who works so much. Emily, 39, who is a mom that works from home part-time. Two daughters, Sarah (10 years old) and Whitney (6 years old). One night, Frank came home from work, and Emily called a family meeting. Sarah has decided that she would like to have a little brother because a friend of Sarah’s is going to have a little brother. Sarah spoke with Emily about how much she would love a little brother. After thinking about it, Emily decided to speak with her husband about having another baby. Frank did not seem like he wanted another baby at his age, and was thinking about doing a little traveling now that the kids are getting a little older. Frank has been leaving town a lot more, causing
Accounts of neighbors, bystanders or the child themselves need to be considered, and in some cases, more heavily than a visit by the caseworker. Emotions can be staged, it’s easy to lie, and a bystander could a valuable witness- they offer an objective evaluation- clearly impossible while following the family preservation model, and a family member may see the family more often than the caseworker, and therefore have a better evaluation of the situation. An important aspect is objectivity. Yes, the caseworker is going to become attached, but the main operation is to understand the situation, establish if abuse or neglect is occurring and find the best solution for the child. The family preservation model is not ineffective, but it produces an obligation for caseworkers to operate in the interest of the whole family, which can overlook certain problems for the betterment of the whole. As much as the model needs clear and precise guidelines and procedures, it restricts the ability to operate in a variety of situations. For me the problem resides in the contradictory job of being a mediator and enforcer. One would think that being a mediator helps to understanding how to effectively enforce, but the overlap produces inconsistencies, as you can never equally fulfill both roles. The caseworker is asked to too much at once, abuse is abstractly developed and enforced and sometimes rooted in more than
Reporter see the children everyday. Reporter cooks enough for the children to eat. They were eating bologna sandwiches and cold cuts. The children are being clothed. They have clothes at other people homesdown the street. A woman put them out because the mother and grandmother curse and beat on the children. The children curse back at the mother and grandmother. The mother tells the grandmother don't hit my damn children. Mom tells the grandmother she will buss her in her face. This happens everyday. The grandmother is sickly. Per reporter, if it wasn't for the grandmother, welfare would have been got the children. Reporter stated Larry is not in school anymore because he was kicked out for fighting. Larry cursed the bus driver out and he can't ride the bus anymore. Per reporter, the family has no where to stay. They are living in an abandoned house. Reporter has discused the concerns with the mother. Mom was told the police would be called. Mom said it's her damn children and she do what she wants. A man calls the children his grandchildren. He use to go with the grandmother. He said they could live with him at Sawmill Quarter. He doesn't want to see the children on the street. The children don't need immediate
When picking my adolescent I had quite a few choices to pick from but I decided on my adolescent 15 year old sister since I know a lot about her and have seen first-hand how she is coping with this adolescent stage. Patricia is a normal 15 year old girl still in high school. She lives in a household of 7 with 3 older siblings and one younger one. She mentioned that she lived in a small home with three dogs, two fish, a bird and six other humans. Both her parents are field workers so they aren’t really at home much. Patricia has a younger 7 year old sister that she pays attention to a lot, they have a really close relationship, and she cares for her younger
Teen years are the most complicated and overwhelming years of a child's life. Every teen goes through different stages while they are in the transition in becoming into an adolescent. For the Virtual Teen program I had a teen daughter, she was very outgoing and social. She enjoyed trying new things and was very involved in school. She also did well academically, and was part of the gifted program at her school. She lives with both her biological parents and a younger sister. Her relationship with her sister was like any sister relationship, they had little arguments once in a while but where are able to easily resolve on their own. As she transitioned to her teen years, she went through many stages like puberty, school transition and
Kennedy behavior to me means there might be something going on with him. He clearly needs help, but he may not know who to trust or who to go to. The reason I think this, because he puts his guard up where he don’t want to socialize and parents phone is disconnect which may be sign of something wrong at home as well. My response to this situation is that I would talk to Kennedy and tell him I’m here for him, my door is always open for him, and show him I’m willing to listen to anything he has to say.
The physical abuse stopped around this point, at 17 and 15 years old my brother and I were finally able to match him physically and he knew that we would no longer hesitate to intervene if he did anything to hurt one of us, yet the mental and emotional trauma continued he still had a temper and would become angry when he did not get what he wanted, he continued to lie about his drinking and affairs and worse of all he intimidated Madigan and Ewan when they had to visit with him. After attempting a generous partial visitation schedule my mom restricted his access to the smaller children. After several months of this he and I tried to revisit our relationship to see if there was anything salvageable as I still hoped that I would be able to have a man I could one day look up to as a father, however that ended when I learned he was becoming increasingly abuse towards Madigan and Ewan and that he was still continuing to drink despite being a self-admitted
I have 3 siblings; two brothers and one sister. My sister “Isha-27”, Little brother “Ishmael-10”, and my older brother “I.B-18”, we all grew up and spent the most of our lives with each other. I think I’ve always known that I was a little different from my brothers and my sister, but it's okay because we are all different in many ways. Now my story on how it's like living with 3 siblings with personalities are all different and how we all like certain things but we all manage to live together in harmony , my older brother is more into sports and my little brother is more into video games; my sister is more into reading a writing and more i'm more into math and science. At times it gets extremely annoying living with them