Problem
Watch the YouTube video "Gimme Shelter" and use the questions below for the synopsis.
About the movie
Gimme Shelter is a movie that was written and produced by Ron Krauss in 2014 based on a true story of the cycle abuse can have on someone. In the beginning the main character Agnes 'Apple' is panicking as she is looking in the mirror chopping her head off about to run away from her home. Her mother is an abusive drug addict and a prostitute, and Agnes was finally getting the courage to leave her for good. She goes in search for her father that she has never met, and when she finally found him she asks for his help. Her father Tom actually considers helping her until his wife and him find out that Agnes pregnant. Agnes makes it a point in the movie saying that the letter her dad wrote her before she was born was the only thing that she has ever gotten from him. His wife (Apple's stepmother) wants her out of the house. While discussing her pregnancy, her stepmother attempts to coerce her into having an abortion. The next day, she drove Apple to a clinic to abort the baby, but abandoned her before she could have the procedure. The clinic was far off and she had no idea how to get back. So she was forced onto the streets in a desperate journey of survival.
Presenting Problem
Agnes "Apple" Bailey is a 15 year old biracial teenage girl with short dark hair. Her mother is abusive and abuses drugs. Apples wealthy father is not involved in her life. After running away from her mother, she seeks out her estranged father for refuge. -She just found out she is pregnant. -Apple reports to have been in 10 foster homes by the age of 12. She also reports to have been molested by one of her foster parents and her case worker didn't help. Apple presents as vulgar and hostile. She displays fits of aggression, anger and has a fear of loud noises along with abandonment issues. She shows symptoms of PTSD and lacks hygiene. Her goals include stability, guardianship, to stay out of the system completely.
• Help me wr!te a synopsis of the presenting problem (use the video and questions provided below), the family composition ( consider the family of origin, as well as the step-family, and the fictive kin that she develops at the shelter), the family process, affect, organization, strengths and resources, and goals for change?
• What assessment tool would you use to gather more information about the client and family?
Family Centered Questions (The Presenting Issue):
A. What is the problem as the family views it?
B. Who has defined the problem?
C. Who is more involved in the problem than others?
D. Who is uninvolved and why?
E. How do various definitions (perceptions, views) of the problem agree or disagree?
F. What experiences and discussions have led the family to define the problem in the way they do?
G. What unresolved questions remain?
H. What expectations for the future does the family have that are relevant to the present problem?
I. Is there any unresolved mourning or grief left over from the past?
J. What solutions have been tried in the past?
K. What made the family decide to seek help now?
L. What kind of help does the family expect?