Case Study Paper

While reading case number two I have succeeded to find three potential problems. One of the three would have to be abuse in the household. This could be a fundamental problem due to the client all of a sudden doing bad in school and getting bad grades. He may not be getting enough attention from his parents mainly because they are getting a divorce.   The second problem would   be poverty because the child has been stealing food from his classmates and his father has been having health issues that probably can’t be covered by heath insurance. Also, my client’s parents may not have enough income coming in to a provide decent lifestyle for their children. The last problem I have projected would be alcoholism in the home. I have seemed to assume this problem/issue because of his parents arguing and shouting and their seventeen year old daughter getting pregnant. Usually alcoholism leads to violence. Children seem to reflect everything they see so this could be the reason he has been acting up in the classroom.
I will be working with little Joey and his parents to discuss the problems I have identified with Joey. The concept in the Systems/Ecological perspective - equifinality- “...a given situation may be interpreted in many different ways, many options usually are possible for dealing with it,” (pg. 54) many alternatives can help them to function better as individuals and a family as a whole. Joey probably needs help dealing with the shouting in the household and with the changes that have been going on in   his life. I will try and help his parents by providing marriage counseling. With that being said the levels of involvement that would be important to include would be all the people that incorporate his day-to-day environment because it incorporates his level of “functioning, intellectual and emotional capacities, and motivation; the impact of life experiences; and the interactions and connections between that individual and others in the immediate environment.”... [continues]

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