1. Describe the qualities of (dis)connectedness, (dis)unity, and (un)caring within the community or group where the behavior problems occur.
For Vito these qualities of disconnect, disunity and uncaring occurs mainly since his return to school after the accident, for this reason they are most seen at school. Vito is not the same kid he was before, his short-term memory is poor and he is left in a wheelchair and unable to walk, or use of his legs, after the accident. Vito feels that he is “different” and disconnected from his peers and has a hard time accepting this. He is unable to believe that his peers, friends and teachers see him as the same as he was before, he believes that they are treating him different and only give him attention because they feel sorry for him. Vito, was very popular before the accident, and had a large group of friends, but now Vito believes that these people are only giving him attention because of the accident. He cannot process that the friends were there before and are the same now. In my opinion, these issues are a result of …show more content…
This program placements should be made in the best interest of the child rather than the convenience of the school. I believe that this is the best option because of the consistency of Vito’s outburst and disruption of the normal learning environment for other students. Vito would benefit from being around individuals in the same situation as he is and therefore a residential placement, where students are in a facility that is as much "treatment" as it is "education.” This being, in my opinion, only until Vito is ready to return to his main stream learning environment if he so