Essay Homework
You were selected to move on to the interviews for your dream job in Unit 2. For this stage in the application process, you must create a hypothetical case study for a child and family and document your initial biopsychosocial assessment. In this scenario, you may decide whom the child is living with (such as biological parents, a single parent, a grandparent, another family member, or a foster parent).
For this homework, please respond to the following:
Subjective and Objective Information
1) Describe the client demographics (age, sex, gender, race or ethnicity, family composition and history, living situation), reason for referral, presenting problem(s) and a brief description of the agency setting (objective information).
2) Provide client comments.
a. For example, child, mother, father, or sister (names) reports or states the following: (subjective information)
Systems Theory Assessment
1) Analyze how the child in your scenario is impacted from a nature versus nurture standpoint.
2) Using the ecosystems theory and the person-in-environment framework, please fully explain the presenting problem(s) of the child and the family.
3) According to multiple systems in the human environment, examine the influences present in the child's micro, mezzo, and macro system.
4) Analyze how the child in your scenario is impacted from ecosystems theory.
5) How do social environment and various systems influence the child's behavior?
a. Include positive and negative system influences such as church, school, peers, family members, neighbors, culture, community services, and the media.
Plan
1) What are your recommendations and intervention strategies for this child and family?
Ethics, Values, and Self-Care Strategies
1) What challenges could working with this child and family pose for you as a human service professional?
2) What personal values or self-bias could potentially impact your ability to work effectively with this child and family?
3) What ethical dilemmas could present themselves in this case study?
4) What self-care strategies would you practice to respond to the ethical dilemmas, conflicting values, and self-bias?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
a. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
b. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
c. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.