Reference no: EM133625046

NG is a 13-year-old African-American female. She is in middle school, and have a Learning Disability. NG is the 5th child out of her seven siblings. NG has a paraprofessional in school due to her oppositional behavior, which is hindering her academic performance at school. NG currently receives Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETSS) for Math and ELA in a group of 8 to close the educational gap and provide her with a tailored education tailored to her needs. Her goal is to provide individual and group counseling weekly for 30 minutes. Her current counseling goal is to work on demonstrating appropriate social interactions by recognizing social cues and triggers among her peers and reacting age-appropriately. She will build self-regulation skills, including calming techniques such as deep breathing, muscle relaxation, self-coaching, taking a break, and visual imagery.

Her family dynamic consists of an older brother, OD, 21; an older sister CH, 18; a sister, AA, 16; a sister, ML, who's 15; NG, my client, who is 13; a younger brother, EM who is 11; and the last child who is a younger sister SH that is 7. The two oldest have the same dad, NG; her sister AA, ML, and her younger brother EM have the same dad, and the youngest has a different one.

NG resides with her mom and all of her siblings. NG and her siblings do not keep in contact with their dad except the youngest. The family lives in a poor urban neighborhood where she feels unsafe and not allowed to play in the park. NG's mom does not work because she suffers from a chronic illness. The family has a history with ACS. Numerous anonymous calls have been made to ACS to report neglect and abuse. NG's mom is a victim of intimate partner violence, and the kids are witnesses to the abuse. There is currently an open investigation of potential sexual and physical abuse that is alleged towards some of the siblings.

Questions

Part I. Write up of the Assessment

1)Describe what you learned about the presenting problem.

2)Describe what you learned about the client on the individual/person level (key demographics and any individual risk and protective factors

3)Describe what you learned about the client's family (structure, roles/rules dynamics) and the family-level risk and protective factors.

4)Describe what you learned about the client on the environmental (socio-cultural) level.

5)Based on what you learned about the presenting problem and the information on each of the above levels, write a case formulation

6)Describe an intervention plan that would be responsive to this case formulation

Part II. Discuss the Information Gathered on Each Level

1)Discuss what information was gathered on each level (individual, family, environment)and the extent to which it assisted you (or the social worker on the audio) in understanding the client's situation. This discussion should be informed by the relevant published literature you found about this client population and situation, including what you have learned about the relevant individual, family, and environmental risks and protective factors for clients in this developmental stage. Please discuss any further information you recommend be explored based on what you learned from the literature.

2)Discuss how the information was gathered and explored, including the interviewing skills utilized. Discuss how effective you (or the social worker on the audio) were based on what you have learned about effective interviewing and client engagement for the client's developmental level and any other factors that could impact the engagement process. Be sure to ground your discussion based on the literature.

Part III - Discussion of Case Formulation and Intervention Plan

1)Discuss any literature that supports the case formulation and intervention plan

2)Discuss the extent to which the client was involved in the case formulation process and whether the level of involvement was appropriate given the client's age and developmental abilities.

Integrate the relevant readings and at least three outside scholarly journals/articles sources to support your analysis of the assessment interview.