Week 5 Providing Services When a Threat May Exist
You are working as a school
counselor in an elementary school in a rural community. You are also on the
city council and are involved in your local faith-based community. As such, you
know most people in the community.
You have instituted an abuse
prevention program for the school including a component with a series of books
and skits. After one of your presentations, you are referred to twins, Jonah
and Joann. The children are in fifth grade and have been referred to you after
repeatedly showing up at school in the late spring unkempt and wearing
long-sleeved shirts, despite the heat and lack of air conditioning in the
school. At recess, their teacher notices a series of bruises on their arms. As
the teacher, Ms. Jones, makes a referral to you; she says, “I always knew there
was a problem with the Johnson twins, but no one dares say anything because of
how mean their father is.”.
After some discussion with the
children, they disclose that they sometimes get hit or grabbed if they are bad.
You see bruises and know that you have to file a report but are concerned about
what will happen to the children after you report. Their father has a
reputation around town of threatening people and you are worried about what may
happen to both you and the children following the report.
Write a 1,500- to 1,750-word paper, based on the case presented
above, on prevention methods and interventions in different settings. Include
the following in your paper:
- What are the primary interventions and methods human
service professionals use to prevent child abuse and neglect in a family
setting? - What are the primary interventions and methods human
service professionals use to prevent child abuse and neglect in a school
setting? - What ethical issues arise from working with children in
school settings? What other factors must be considered?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
