Ruby Malcom is a single mother of three, Maria (16), Irene (14), and John (13). Ms. Malcom has been attending counseling with social worker, Sandra Kaplan, for the past four months for treatment to address anxiety related to family stress. Ms. Malcom was referred to the Urban Family Services by her oldest daughter’s pediatrician. Ms. Malcom’s daughter, Irene, is experiencing increased and escalating behavioral issues at home and school. Ms. Malcom is of Haitian- American decent and has receives supports form her co-workers, church members and her parents; who live in the building adjoining hers. Ms. Malcom strives to take a different approach to discipline than that of her parent and not practice the use of corporal punishment to correct Irene’s behaviors, but instead has sought collaboration from various agencies.…
The purpose of this research paper is to inform and assess Ms. Washburn’s strengths as well as the problems she is facing due to health issues, her recent losses, and financial stability. Will also assess the client’s environment as well as work towards goals that both the social worker and the client can come to an agreement with. Develop a plan for changing that which both the client and the social worker agree needs changing. Talk about key concepts in the Ecological Theory and give rational reasoning and example to support it. Will summarize information regarding biophysical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions. Finally, discuss oppression, social, poverty, and economic justice as well. In conclusion I will give recommendations for Ms. Washburn and her case.…
The topic of this editorial is the protection of children and how there is more that can be done to ensure their safety.…
Prior to joining The Baby Fold, Aimee spent two years successfully building the first-ever development department for the Child Protection Network. During that time, she brought needed money and resources to programs that help abused and neglected children. Using her background in marketing, sales, and public relations, Aimee also puts her skills to use in the world of philanthropy, helping her community, church, and…
Uri Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model does a great job of helping to display that child abuse is not an issue that is isolated to the home, but rather a problem that can be confronted on multiple levels. Through his use of a “target-like” diagram, he is able to show that each systems builds on each other and are interrelated. Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model consists of five, linked systems, the Chronosystem, the Macrosystem, the Exosystem, the Mesosystem, and the Microsystem. To better understand Bronfenbrenner’s model, a walk through each layer of the model using explanations and examples from Dave Pelzer’s memoir, A Child Called “It”(Pelzer, 1995) is necessary.…
A Child Called “It” is a very tragic book that tells an amazingly true story about a real life little boy in California. Written by Dave Pelzer, the story reveals an extreme case of child abuse, one of the worst ever report in California history. A Child Called “It” tells the unbearable story of a boy who gets beaten day after day by his alcoholic mother. This story is an autobiography communicating very informative information of the severity of child abuse and how important school officials are in spotting this epidemic. Dave came from a typically good family. Dave’s parents loved him deeply, especially on holidays and special trips into town while his father was working a twenty-four hour shift. However, things began to change drastically in a negative way. A Child Called “It” focuses mainly on abuse in…
The first real step towards the creation of a Children’s Era must lie in providing the conditions of healthy life for children not only before birth but before conception. She compares raising children to raising a garden. She states that if we want to make this world a garden for children, we must learn the lesson of a gardener and so far we have not been gardeners only a silly reception committee. She talks of all the nameless refugees arriving, many unwelcome, unprepared, and without baggage or passports. This is when our reception committee gets thrown in a panic of activity trying to make places for and caring for these refugees. She states that the human weed crop is spreading so fast in the struggle for existence that the committee becomes exhausted, inefficient, and cannot think of a way out of this problem.…
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With the bustling movement of everyday life one might forget to accomodate your children's day during your hectic one. In this occurrence you can either drop off your child in a certain destination named a childcare center or even at a family member's house. However one might tend to forget to create this proposal of having a safe location for said child and instead give them money and suspect that they will be safe at home alone. Belinda Luscombe demonstrates in her article “A Tale of Two Summers for Parents” the importance of viewing the well known struggle of dedicating full time to your children needs during the tiresome summer session; against the predetermined notions of child safety she develops a comedic viewpoint of the once one answer topic by denouncing the damaging, hurtful, and often ridiculed challenges of taking care of your children…
Working with children can be difficult and time consuming because you never know what is going on unless they allow you into their world. Children will only allow a stranger in if they are scared of someone, have trust, or they know you well. This can serve as a difficult situation when a child is the victim of abuse or neglect and the outcome can lead to a negative outcome for the future of the child’s lifespan. The areas will involve mental and physical issues, poor academic development, social behavior issues, and health problems. As a human service worker and a leader in the community rather it be a teacher or counselor it is their role to ensure a prevention method included and an intervention is available to assist with children who may be suffering from child abuse or have suffered from child abuse.…
Carolyn Kousky considers three ways that catastrophic events may hurt young kids lopsidedly, regularly with enduring impacts. To begin with, catastrophes can harm children’s physical wellbeing. Children might be harmed or murdered, yet they may likewise experience the ill effects of such things as unhealthiness brought on by disturbances in nourishment supply or diarrheal sickness created by tainted water. Additionally, debacles can slice off access to restorative care, not with standing for non-fiasco related sicknesses. Second, debacles can bring about psychological well-being issues. Not exclusively are catastrophes themselves unpleasant and alarming, however kids can experience the ill effects of the harm to their homes and belonging; from…
This paper reviews the approach taken by the social worker in Brandon’s case. The social worker utilized the ecological model to understand Brandon’s situation based on a person-in -environment perspective. It also describes the use of the ecological model from the case on micro, mezzo, and macro levels. There are some impact from the abuse on Brandon if his strengths are not been identified and addressed. The potential strengths and resources that Brandon and his mother already possesses to overcome obstacles that threaten their success.…
This Report Card highlight the progress or lack of ending the child poverty. One out of three children need social assistance in Metropolitan Toronto. In the federal election, most of the candidates gave their plan to reduce child poverty. According to Hughes (1995), “The antipoverty campaign involved local stores in displaying giant posters, disseminating fact sheets, selling T-shirts, signing politically pointed postcards etc.” (788). According to Hughes (1995), “the election of October 1993, Campaign 2000 has continued to lobby, and the present liberal federal government has made considerable reference to child poverty” (789). Overall, the campaign build awareness in order to find solutions for child poverty. The Child Welfare Organization did different things to remove child poverty. First of all they cultivate a social justice culture in which they made some goals to eliminate child poverty. Secondly, they build connections to aware public. Third develop policy positions in which organization got a platform to work. Fourthly, develop a knowledge about the material circumstances of families in this they educate public by providing them information and facts. Finally, public policy action which means to analyse public issues by different ways such as media, letters etc. This article focuses on Child Poverty, Child Welfare Practice, and Campaign 2000 in order to end…
Context: This interview took place in Crossville, Tennessee at the single family home of Keely, an 18 month old female child and her mother, Samantha. The home is located in a rural area within a community of less than 15, 000 people. It is approximately 20 miles from the down town area , and is therefore somewhat isolated. Keely’s maternal grandmother and grandfather live across the road but there are no other neighbors. The environment is very clean with several toys scattered around the living area but the environment appeared safe. We met in the living room of the home. Samantha is a 30 year old mother and Keely is her first child. No one else was present during the observation/interview.…
Child Protective Services (CPS) is a complex system of assessments, investigations, and conclusions. CPS is the central agency in each communities child abuse and neglect service system. It is responsible for ensuring that preventative, investigative, and treatment services are available to children and families endangered by child abuse and neglect. As a result, CPS workers must perform a variety of functions when responding to situations of child maltreatment and play a variety of roles throughout their involvement with child protective clients. Reporting a suspective case of child maltreatment to the local CPS agency (or a family member’s own request for help with the problem) initiates the CPS response process. Once the intake is completed, an investigative process is done, and then the initial assessments and services planning processes are completed. Then the stage is set for implementation of ongoing services(Schene)(1). This description of the process of child protective services sounds acceptable and workable. However, an increasing number of child abuse and neglect cases have presented themselves in recent years. According to Jane Waldfogel, a writer for Child Welfare, about three million children were reported to the CPS in 1997, a more than fourfold increase over the number reported just 20 years earlier. In our society today, with increased violence and agitation the number has risen dramatically again. SHE ALSO…