The Treatment Of A Female Child

“Guardianship may be necessary to protect a person with mental disorders who lacks the capacity to care for himself but it may potentially abuse the person's civil rights and autonomy and should therefore be implemented only as a last resource.” (Melamed, Y., Doron, I., & Shnitt, D. 2007)This was a baby, who had no voice, had no one to fight for him, the people who were supposed to stand up for him literally gave up on him the moment he was born. The hospital obviously saw that they were not acting in the best interest of the child. They could have sought out social workers or legal counsel in order to fight for the baby. As healthcare managers, you have to take risks and make these hard decisions and no one did this for Baby Boy Doe. I would have rathered fought for the child within the legal system, sought out other family members and social workers, rather than sit back and watch him through a long and painful

A report was received on 06/05/2017 alleging that the mother (Hermionne) left Ashante (C-V 17) with a non-relative since 02/2017 without any legal rights. According to the report, the mother refuses to take her child back home and will not engage with Ms. Aarons (caretaker) to provide legal documentation for the child to be enroll in school and taken to a Primary Care Physician. Ashante has not been is school for the past 4 months and are unable to enroll in school without paperwork. According to the report, Ashante self mutilates her arms, and the mother refuses to get counseling. The report indicates Ashante was to follow-up with a Cardiologist for a chest pain and the mother refuses to take her to the doctor.

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

The client’s name is Keisha, she is a female, single, sixteen years old, African American, high school student. She was transferred recently to a nontraditional high school, to complete the required credits needed to receive her high school diploma. According to her transcripts she is passing her classes satisfactorily. Keisha is scheduled to graduate on time by the summer of 2018. The client was referred to mental health counseling by her grandmother because she appears to be depressed. The grandmother stated that “student lost her mother when she was seven years old, and thinks she is sad about that” .The school psychiatric social worker referred the client to me in order to conduct a mental health assessment. Per her

1) Would a school social worker in your city or town be legally justified in talking with a 14 year old about a pregnancy and possible abortion before securing the parents permission to do so.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) is a strength-based agency that works with several different types of families and situations. The department works diligently to ensure that children are protected from neglect and/or abuse. As an intern at the Cape and island’s office, a majority of our cases involve substance use issues. When parents are using substances, this is a form of neglect as well as abuse depending on the scenario. One particular case of mine came to the attention of the department when a mother overdosed on Percocet’s and heroin with her child present. The child was 3 months old, alleging neglect from the mother. The department also charged father with alleging neglect as well since father denied mother having an

In the case we are asked to look at with the two little girls, the office was alerted due to neglect and issues of locking the children away in order to not have contact with them and avoid physical discipline. Again having a large amount of experience with this personally I can speak on several different instances in which the agency needs to be involved. My middle son, again who is not my biological child, has 4, soon to be 6 other half siblings by his biological mother. None of which she has custody of. They have all been removed by CPS. In her case it was for the use of narcotics, in and around the children as well as during pregnancy with 4 of the 6 children she has. She is currently pregnant with number 5 and 6 of her living children though technically they are 9 and 10. She has previously had two singleton abortions and an abortion of a set of twin girls. She has had 4 other boys removed now, ages 5, 3, and a set of twin boys who are 18 months. CPS has already stated that the children she is pregnant with now will be removed as well upon their birth. So in a case such as hers, she was given a year to prove to the courts that she wanted to work towards keeping her twins, they set up visitation for her at the cps office, as well as classes for her to attend, weekly drug screens, parenting classes, and set financial goals she had to meet.

PER REPORTER: Ariyanna is in DHS custody. Reporter was in a session with the child today. She said a neighbor (Ann Moore) is at the home often with her children. Ann has two children in her home. Ann choked Ariyanna on two different occasions, pushed her head into the washing machine, and screamed at her. This has happened twice. Reporter observed a scar on the child's neck today. She said it was from Ann's long fingernails when Ann scratched her. Ariyanna said she didn't know where the foster parent was at first then said she was in her bedroom. She didn't tell the foster parent. Reporter did speak with Ariyanna's case worker. Ariyanna will change homes within a week. She doesn't need immediate medical

Adrian, who is a 14-year-old Caucasian and African American of Hispanic descent, was referred from the social worker at his middle school due to behavioral and emotional issues. He demonstrates “excessive absences/truancy, refusal to participate in classroom activities and complete work, disrespect of authority figures, physical assaults on teachers and peers, and verbal assault his family members as well”. Adrian has a complicated family history. Adrian’s biological parents, Virgina and Gerald lived together for no more than 2 years, and they did not marry. Also, both sides have family histories about mental illness and substance abuse. Adrian was put in foster care from 5-8 year-old because of parental neglect, and he backed to his biological mother after 8 years old. His biological mother has two older children, and they have their own issues. His biological mother does not have job because of health issues, and his biological father does not give them child support except giving money to them to buy necessities occasionally. Adrian’s mother has a couple of relationships, and has children with different fathers. Adrian does not have safe and comfortable environment to live, and he does not have good

Claireece P. Jones is female, African American. She is 16 years old. She was born and raised in Harlem, New York. She lived in low income housing with her mother. She has been sexually abused by father starting when she was 3 years old. Client’s father impregnated her at the age of 13. The client gave birth to a baby girl who has Down Syndrome. The bay i snow three and has been raised by client’s grandmother since birth. At 16 the client became impregnated again by father. Gave birth to a baby boy that has no known medical concerns in January 2017. Client moved into halfway house 4 days after giving birth. She has been living at the halfway home since she left her abusive mother. Client’s mother has attempted to

She loses respect for so many. She even loses friends in the making of this senior project. She was always told, she would become a teen mom and she wanted to see what if I was? She keeps trying her hardest to not get hurt by the words that other tells her and she tries to pretend that it’s okay. Overall she is hurting and she isn’t even pregnant but she sticks with it. She fights all the fights she needs too (not physical.) She puts herself out there. She straps on a fake belly every day and pushes herself to go to school. She is judged not just by her “friend” but by her peers and even teachers. She even is looked down to and seen as not the smart kid in the back. She was known as the teen pregnant and no other name title. She had to get this project out of the way. She was even looked down upon those teachers that she looked up to and they just said how she had thrown her life away. She was talked about by even students that’s she never knew. Rumors were spread and then the feelings were felt. She knew she could take off the belly at any time but she didn’t and she fought through

In this one case alone we can track this incidence from the mother all the way to the role society played. First, the patient had three children from three different fathers, all of whom did not provide any support for her. The first father could have been written off as bad judgment, but to attempt to write off three would be an injustice to her. It is evident due to some emotional attachment to the idea of not wanting to be alone she was able to rationalize her decisions based on that concept. Because of self deception she refused to even entertain the thought of whether these man had any qualities that would make good fathers. Had she not refrained from making judgement on these man father the first father she would have been able to recognize the signs that this man might not make a good father in a nutshell she would have been able to learn from her prior mistakes. However, father she decides to better herself and her children we see society impede this improvement. After she is hospitalized, Social Services sent the two year old to live with his father whose daily routine consisted of a life of "drinking, whoring and fighting." Enlight of all the evidence pointing to a bad home situation Social Services stated "it was wrong to pass judgement on a man like this." The contradiction however is shown after the father and his girlfriend kill the two year old and as a result

PER REPORTER: It's unsure how the child is being abused or neglected but the child is kept entirely from the family. The father was seen to sleep with the child since she was born and he continues to sleep with her. The child has on only her panties and nothing else. There are allegations the child may be in dangered sexually and psycho socially emotionally. No one has been able to see her for the past two years. They are not questioning him taking care of her physically. He is feeding her and she has a roof over her head. The father is known to abuse drugs such as pain medication. Previously, there was a video made of the father snorting drugs and social services did nothing. Reporter stated she didn't want the child to be the next Olivia Y. Reporter stated drugs are

If you were the case manager for this family, when would you begin to intervene?

A child’s parent or guardian will normally have authority over a child’s welfare. In regards to medical and mental health, a parent may subject the child to surgeries despite the objections of